Häggite

Formula:  V2O2(OH)3

Origin of name:  For Gunnar Hagg (1903-), chemist and crystallographer, of the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

 

Crystal system:  Monoclinic

Crystal class:  2/m

Twinning:

Unit cell: a = 12.17, b = 2.99, c = 4.83, β = 98.25°

 

Colour: Black

Diaphaneity: Opaque

Luster: Submetallic

Habit: Efflorescences, botryoidal, disseminated

Hardness: 4.5

Specific gravity:

Cleavage:

Tenacity:

Streak:

 

Synonyms/varieties:

 

Comments:

 

Back to Alphabetical list Colour photos Optical properties/Thin sections SEM images TEM images vibrational spectra description IR spectra Raman spectra N-IR spectra F-IR spectra IES spectra