Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
The Allende CV (Vigarano type) carbonaceous chondrite.
- Type locality
- Allende meteorite
- Pueblito de Allende
- Chihuahua
- Mexico
26.9667°, -105.3167°
2recorded occurrences
Physical
- Density
- 3.86 g/cm³
Crystallography
- Space group
- Ia3d
- Cell parameters
- a = 11.843 Å
- Unit cell volume
- 1661.06 ų
- Z
- 8
- Type-locality form
in secondary alteration areas along some In cracks between primary melilite, spinel, and Ti,Al-diopside in a Type B1 Fractionation and Unidentified Nuclear effects (FUN) Ca-Al-rich inclusion (CAI) Egg-3.
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Hutcheoniet
- IMA2013-029
In other languages
- German
- Hutcheonit · IMA 2013-029
- Italian
- hutcheonite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.9.AD.25
- 9SilicatesClass
- 9.ANesosilicatesDivision
- 9.ADNesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordinationGroup
- 9.AD.25HutcheoniteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.51.04.05.05
- 51Nesosilicates Insular Sio4 Groups OnlyClass
- 51.04Insular SiO4 Groups Only with cations in [6] and >[6] coordinationType
- 51.04.05— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 51.04.05.05HutcheoniteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2013Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2013) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013. CNMNC Newsletter No 16. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (6) 2695-2709 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.6.01DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.6.01
- 2014Ma, C., Krot, A. N. (2014) Hutcheonite, Ca3Ti2(SiAl2)O12, a new garnet mineral from the Allende meteorite: An alteration phase in a Ca-Al-rich inclusion. American Mineralogist, 99 (4) 667-670 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4761 DOI: 10.2138/am.2014.4761
- 2017(2017) Hutcheonite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Hutcheonite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/hutcheonite-43892},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}