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huntite

carbonate mineral
Class type of: carbonate and nitrate class of minerals Q1063231

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
carbonate and nitrate class of minerals
Chemical formula
CaMg₃(CO₃)₄[4]
Crystal system
trigonal crystal system[6]
Described by source
Huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, a new mineral[13]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Hun[14]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[7]
Named after
Walter F. Hunt[3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
5.AB.25[12]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
5.AB.25[11]
Point group
trigonal-trapezoidal[8]
Space group
space group R32[9]
Streak color
white[5]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
Vb/A.03 – Anhang[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en huntite ar هنتيت de Huntit el Χουντίτης es Huntita nl Huntiet uk Гантит
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Huntite.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300255935
COD ID
2310128
Freebase ID
/m/0gkyjpg
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779044851
Museum-digital tag ID
59401
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Huntite"]

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Crystal system 1
trigonal crystal system
Streak color 1
white
Subclass of 1
carbonate and nitrate class of minerals
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Summary

huntite is a mineral species[1]. huntite is a type of carbonate and nitrate class of minerals[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, a new mineral. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2009). wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, a new mineral. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [tr] label: Huntit, batch #292975"
  2. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → trigonal-trapezoidal
    "Created claim: Point group: trigonal-trapezoidal, batch #269343"
  3. 12w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → trigonal crystal system
    Described by source → Huntite, Mg3Ca(CO3)4, a new mineral
    Streak color → white
    Named after → Walter F. Hunt
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: COD ID: 2310128, batch #269100"
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