Dypingite is a hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O. It is a monoclinic white mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
Its type locality is the Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Norway.
General Information
- Category: Carbonate minerals
- Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)25H2O
- Crystal system: Monoclinic
Properties
Dypingite was found in materials obtained during the production of high-purity MgO from crude magnesite by the calcination/CO2-leaching process. The snow-white, finely crystalline dypingite contains MgO 41.0%.
- Formula mass: 485.65 g/mol
- Color: White
- Crystal habit: Globular – spherical to rounded forms (e.g. wavellite)
- Tenacity: Brittle
- Luster: Pearly
- Streak: White to gray
- Diaphaneity: Semitransparent
- Specific gravity: 2.15
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