Hemleyite

Where it forms, where it's found

Geological setting: Shocked chondrite
Type locality: Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite)
Xihe
Zengdu District
Suizhou
Hubei
China
31.6167°, 113.4667°

1recorded occurrences

Source · OpenStreetMap

Physical

Density: 4.383 g/cm³

Crystallography

Crystal system: Trigonal
Space group: #80
Cell parameters: a = 4.7483(5) Å · c = 13.665(1) Å
Z: 6
Type-locality form: As one subhedral crystal, about 7 × 6 × 5 μm in size

Chemical composition

Constituent elements: Mass composition breakdown
Element Atoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/mol Mass share
26FeIron Iron 1 55.845 55.845
42.33%
8OOxygen Oxygen 3 15.999 47.997
36.38%
14SiSilicon Silicon 1 28.085 28.085
21.29%
Total 131.927 100.00%
Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100
From IMA formula

Mass composition breakdown
Element	Atoms	At. mass g/mol	Mass g/mol	Mass share
26FeIron	Iron	1	55.845	55.845	42.33%
8OOxygen	Oxygen	3	15.999	47.997	36.38%
14SiSilicon	Silicon	1	28.085	28.085	21.29%
	Total	131.927	100.00%

Synonyms

Hemleyiet
IMA2016-085

In other languages

German: Hemleyit · IMA 2016-085

Classification

Strunz

10th ed.

4.CB.05

4OxidesClass
4.CMetal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similarDivision
4.CBWith medium-sized cationsGroup
4.CB.05HemleyiteSpecies

Group, growth & confusion

5 members

4 minerals

Literature, links & citation

Citations

2017Hålenius, Ulf, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2017) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 35. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (1) 149-152 doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2626DOI: 10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2626
2017Bindi, Luca, Chen, Ming, Xie, Xiande (2017) Discovery of the Fe-analogue of akimotoite in the shocked Suizhou L6 chondrite. Scientific Reports, 7. 42674 doi:10.1038/srep42674DOI: 10.1038/srep42674
2020Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I.; Uvarova, Yulia; Cámara, Fernando (2020) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 105 (12). 1920-1925 doi:10.2138/am-2020-NMN1051227DOI: 10.2138/am-2020-NMN1051227
2021(2021) Hemleyite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Cite this entry

@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Hemleyite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/hemleyite-51372},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}