hapkeite

Silicide mineral

Also known as IMA2003-014

Instance of: mineral species
Subclass of: silicide and germanide family of minerals

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Hapkeite is a mineral discovered in the Dhofar 280 meteorite found in 2000 in Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. The meteorite is believed to originate from the Moon; specifically, it appears to be a fragment of lunar highland breccia. Hapkeite's composition is of silicon and iron, and it is similar to other silicon-iron minerals found on Earth. An impact on the Moon is thought to have launched the partially molten or vaporized material into orbit.

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Formula: Fe₂Si
IMA status and/or rank: approved mineral and/or valid name (A)
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1.Stated in New minerals approved in 2003 and nomenclature modifications approved in 2003
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Named after: Bruce Hapke
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1.webmineral.com/data/Hapkeite.shtml
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Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 1.BB.35
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 1.BB.35
Crystal system: cubic crystal system
IMA Mineral Symbol: Hpk
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1.Stated in IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols
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Space group: space group P-3m1
Density: 6,830 kg/m³ temperature: 20°C
Point group: ditrigonal scalahedral

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4 identifiers linking hapkeite across the web's reference databases

COD ID9014528
Freebase ID/m/02xhfd
IMA Number, broad senseIMA2003-014
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)2778661956

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