Deltanitrogen

N
IMA status
  • Approved
  • Pending publication
IMA symbol
δN
IMA approved
2022

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
São Luis river alluvials
  1. Juína
  2. Mato Grosso
  3. Brazil

-11.4931°, -58.9708°

1recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Crystallography

Crystal system
Orthorhombic
Space group
Pccn
Cell parameters
a = 8.442(10) Å · b = 8.136(9) Å · c = 5.974(10) Å
Ratio a:b:c
1 : 0.964 : 0.708

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
7NNitrogenNitrogen114.00714.007
100.00%
Total14.007100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From IMA formula

In other languages

German
Deltanitrogen · IMA 2019-067b

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

1.C0

  • 1ElementsClass
  • 1.CMetalloids and NonmetalsDivision
  • 1.C0— unnamed intermediate level —Group
  • 1.C0DeltanitrogenSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 2009Stinton, G.W., Loa, I., Lundegaard, L.F., McMahon, M.I. (2009) The crystals structures of ? and ?* nitrogen. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 131, 104511 (7 pgs).
  2. 2022Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 69. European Journal of Mineralogy, 34 (5) 463-468 doi:10.5194/ejm-34-463-2022 DOI: 10.5194/ejm-34-463-2022
  3. 2024Tschauner, Oliver, Navon, Oded, Schmidt, Christian, Wirth, Richard, Weiss, Yaakov, Kempe, Yael, Remennik, Sergei, Liu, Wenjun, Chariton, Stella, Prakapenka, Vitali B. (2024) Long-term relaxation of orientational disorder and structural modifications in molecular nitrogen at high pressure. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 161 (20). doi:10.1063/5.0219186DOI: 10.1063/5.0219186
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Deltanitrogen — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/deltanitrogen-470388},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}