Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Liganga
- Lake Malawi
- Ludewa District
- Njombe Region
- Tanzania
-9.8667°, 34.8500°
3recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- #99
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.7 Å · c = 55.8 Å
- Z
- 6
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Högbomite-24R
- Magnesiohögbomiet-6N6S
In other languages
- German
- Magnesiohögbomit-6N6S
- Italian
- Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.CB.20
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.CMetal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similarDivision
- 4.CBWith medium-sized cationsGroup
- 4.CB.20Magnesiohögbomite-6N6SSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1990Schmetzer, K., Berger, A. (1990) Lamellar iron-free högbomite-24R from Tanzania. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 401-412.
- 2002Hejny, Clivia, Armbruster, Thomas (2002) Polysomatism in högbomite: The crystal structures of 10T, 12H, 14T, and 24R polysomes. American Mineralogist, 87 (2-3). 277-292 doi:10.2138/am-2002-2-309 DOI: 10.2138/am-2002-2-309
- 2002Armbruster, Thomas (2002) Revised nomenclature of högbomite, nigerite, and taaffeite minerals. European Journal of Mineralogy, 14 (2) 389-395 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2002/0014-0389DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2002/0014-0389
- 2003Grice, J. D.; Ferraris, G. (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (3). 795-802 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.795 DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.795
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/magnesiohogbomite-6n6s-11447},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}