Constituent
- Name
- iddingsite
- IMA name
- Iddingsite
- Class
- silicate mineral
- Compound type
- silicate
- Relevance
- main - major
- Arrangement
- heterogeneous in multi-phases
- Formula
- $MgOFe_2O_3 3SiO_2 \bullet 4(H_2O)$
- Chemical formula
- MgO Fe2O3 3SiO2 •n(H2O)
- Elemental formula
- Mg (Fe2+)2 Si3 O10
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Oxides
-
Formula $MgO$ $FeO$ $SiO_{2}$ $H_{2}O$ Mass fraction (%) 8.91 31.77 39.85 15.93
Strunz
- Class
- silicates (09)
- Division
- unclassified silicates (09.H)
- Family
- Unclassified Silicate (09.HX)
- Code
- 09.HX.00
Dana
- Major class
- silicates (VIII)
- Class
- unclassified silicates (78)
- Type
- Without Dana Classification Numbers (78.00)
- Group
- Unclassified Silicate (78.00.00)
- Code
- 78.00.00.00
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- orthorhombic
- Crystal class
- unknown
- Crystal class symbol
- unknown
- Crystal spacegroup
- unknown
- Texture
- polycrystalline
- Molar mass
- 452.31 $g/mol$
- Density
- 2.5-2.8 $g/cm^3$
- Refringence type
- biaxial
- Refringence sign
- negative
- Birefringence
- 0.040 - 0.050
- Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
- 1.67 - 1.73
- Refraction index $n_{\beta}$
- 1.7 - 1.76
- Refraction index $n_{\gamma}$
- 1.72 - 1.77
- Dispersion V
- relatively strong
- Color
- brown
- Diaphaneity
- transparent to translucent
- Luster
- vitreous