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hydrotalcite

hydrous Mg-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) containing carbonate anions
Class type of: hydrotalcite mineral group Q167525

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
hydrotalcite mineral group[5]
Chemical formula
Mg₆Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆ * 4H₂O[4]
Crystal system
trigonal crystal system[7]
Described by source
The creation of neotypes for hydrotalcite[14]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Htc[15]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G), approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[8][9]
Mohs' hardness
2.0[13]
Named after
hydro-, talc[2][3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
5.DA.50[12]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
5.DA.50[11]
Streak color
white[6]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
Vb/D.02b[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en hydrotalcite de Hydrotalcit de Talcid de Völknerit de Hydrotalkit es Völkernita es Hidrotalquita es Hidrotalcita es Hydrotalcita es Völcknerita es Volkermita hu hidrotalcit id Hidrotalsit it idrotalcite ja ダイアルミネート ja ダイバッファーHT ja ハイドロタルサイト ja ヒドロタルサイト ja ヒドロタルシト ja 合成ヒドロタルサイト
🔖 Identifiers · 9
OpenAlex ID
C64792281
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hydrotalcite-200667.jpg ↗
BNCF Thesaurus ID
73147
Freebase ID
/m/0ch3nns
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA2016 s.p.
KBpedia ID
Hydrotalcite
Kivid.info ID
405
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
64792281
Mindat mineral ID
1987, 15038

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Crystal system 1
trigonal crystal system
Named after 1
talc
Streak color 1
white
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Summary

hydrotalcite is a mineral species[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Handbook of Mineralogy. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Handbook of Mineralogy. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . CNMNC Newsletter 30 (February and March 2016). wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 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. 14d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [tr] label: Hidrotalsit, batch #292975"
  2. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mohs' hardness → 2
    Described by source → The creation of neotypes for hydrotalcite
    Instance of → mineral species
    Streak color → white
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Mohs' hardness: 2.0, batch #270249"
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