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Honessite

A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered
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(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2O
(x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)
Colour:
Green or brown.
Hardness:
1 - 1½
Crystal System:
Trigonal
Member of:
Woodwardite Group >Hydrotalcite Supergroup
Name:
Named in 1956 by Allen V. Heyl, Charles Milton, and Joseph M. Axelrod in honor of Arthur Pharaoh Honess (10 August 1887, Berea, Ohio - 17 December 1942, Pennsylvania), Professor of Mineralogy in the School of Mineral Industries at Pennsylvania State College.
Type Locality:
ⓘLinden, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA
Often occurs as pseudomorphs after acicularmillerite.
May convert readily intohydrohonessite, depending on humidity and temperature.


Unique Identifiers
IMA Formula:
(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)
First published:
1956
Type description reference:
Heyl, A.V., Milton, C., Axelrod, J.M. (1956) Nickel minerals from near Linden, Iowa County, Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America: 67: 1706.

Classification of Honessite

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
D : With only medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th ed.:
31.10.6.1

31 : HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
10 : Miscellaneous
Hey's CIM Ref.:
25.12.11

25 : Sulphates
12 : Sulphates of Co and Ni

Mineral Symbols
Surface Relief:
Moderate

Chemistry of Honessite

Crystallography of Honessite
General Appearance of Type Material:
Green or brown powdery alteration of millerite.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 117698.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc district.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
BravoiteMilleriteViolarite
Reference:
Heyl, A.V., Milton, C., Axelrod, J.M. (1956) Nickel minerals from near Linden, Iowa County, Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America: 67: 1706.

Other Language Names for Honessite

Relationship of Honessite to other Species
Other Members of Woodwardite Group:
WoodwarditeCu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m
ZincowoodwarditeZn1-xAlx(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.

Common AssociatesMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.05FelsőbányaiteAl4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2OMon. 2 :P217.DD.07LlantenesiteCu6Al[SeO4](OH)12Cl · 3H2OTrig. 3m :P31c7.DD.10LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2OMon.m7.DD.10FehriteMgCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.10PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2OMon.m :Pm7.DD.10WroewolfeiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2OMon.m :Pm7.DD.10GobeliniteCoCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/m7.DD.15KobyasheviteCu5(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OTric.1 :P17.DD.15SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl · 3H2OTrig. 3m :P31c7.DD.15Unnamed (Dimorph of Devilline)CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.20KtenasiteZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.25ChristeliteCu2Zn3(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OTric.1 :P17.DD.30EdwardsiteCu3Cd2(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.30NiedermayriteCdCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2/m :P21/m7.DD.30SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :B2/b7.DD.30CampigliaiteMn2+Cu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2 :B27.DD.30OrthoserpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OOrth.mm2 :Pca217.DD.30DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.35ShigaiteMn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OTrig.3 :R37.DD.35Zincaluminite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2O7.DD.35ZincowoodwarditeZn1-xAlx(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.7.DD.35NatroglaucoceriniteZn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OHex.7.DD.35Hydrowoodwardite(Cu1-xAlx)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35Carrboydite(Ni1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35Glaucocerinite(Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35WermlanditeMg7Al2(OH)18[Ca(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2OTrig.3m(32/m) :P3c17.DD.35NikischeriteFe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OTrig.3 :R37.DD.35Hydrohonessite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35WoodwarditeCu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35MotukoreaiteMg6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35Mountkeithite[(Mg1-xFe3+x)(OH)2][SO4]x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.40Lawsonbauerite(Mn2+,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 · 8H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.40Torreyite(Mg,Mn2+)7◻2Mn2+2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 · 8H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.40IsseliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10(H2O)4 · H2OOrth.mm2 :Pmn217.DD.45MooreiteMg9◻2Mn2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)26 · 8H2OMon. 2/m :P2/b7.DD.45Hodgesmithite(Cu,Zn)6Zn(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 3 :P37.DD.47LahnsteiniteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2OTric. 1 :P17.DD.50NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2OTrig.3 :P37.DD.50Minohlite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 8H2OHex.7.DD.52LauraniiteCu6Cd2(SO4)2(OH)12 · 5H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.55BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]Trig. 3 :P37.DD.60Ramsbeckite(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2OMon. 2/m7.DD.65VonbezingiteCa6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12 · 2H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.70RedgilliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.75NickelalumiteNiAl4(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)3Mon. 2/m7.DD.75KyrgyzstaniteZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2/m7.DD.75ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2 :P217.DD.80Schulenbergite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 37.DD.80UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn(Zn,Cu)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 3 :P37.DD.80ThérèsemagnaniteNaCo4(SO4)(OH)6Cl · 6H2OTrig.3 :P37.DD.80GuarinoiteZn6(SO4)(OH)10 · 5H2OHex.7.DD.85MontetrisaiteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · 2H2OOrth.mm2 :Cmc21

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    • References for HonessiteⓘSanta Catharina meteoriteMandarino (1997)
    Germany
     
    Weiß (1990)Wittern (2001)Der Aufschluss Vol.55+2 other referencesGerhard Möhn collection
    Greece
     
    Rieck (n.d.)
    Italy
     
    Bonifazi (2020)+3 other references
    Russia
     
    Pekov (2007)+1 other reference
    Spain
     
    Joan Abella i Creus specimens
    UK
     
    Day (1999)Bish et al. (1981)+2 other references
    USA
     
    T. Kennedy collectionGoldstein (2006)Sherwood et al. (1998)Beste (2005)Sherwood et al. (1998)Sherwood et al. (1998)Conroy (2023)Sherwood et al. (1998)Rocks & Min. Vol. 73 (1998)Bull.Geol.Soc.Amer. (1956)Heyl et al. (1959)Heyl et al. (1959)Heyl et al. (1959)Specimens in collectionRocks & Min. Vol. 73 (1998)Cordua (1998)Cordua (1998)Bagrowski (1940)
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