Charleshatchettite is a very rare, complex, niobium oxide mineral with the formula CaNb4O10(OH)2•8H2O.[4][3] It was discovered in the mineral-rich site Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada.[3][5]

Charleshatchettite
General
CategoryOxide
Formula
(repeating unit)
CaNb4O10(OH)2•8H2O
IMA symbolChh[1]
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupC2/c
Unit cella = 21.151(4),
b = 6.496(1),
c = 12.714(3) [Å],
β = 103.96°
Identification
References[2][3]

Relation to other minerals

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Charleshatchettite is chemically similar to hochelagaite.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ Mineralienatlas
  3. ^ a b c d Haring, M.M., and McDonald, A.M., 2015. Charleshatchettite, IMA 2015-048. CNMNC Newsletter No. 27, October 2015, 1228; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1229–1236
  4. ^ "Charleshatchettite: Charleshatchettite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  5. ^ "Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada - Mindat.org". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.