| Dypingite | |
| Category: | Carbonate minerals |
| Formula: | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O |
| Molweight: | 485.65 g/mol |
| Strunz: | 5.DA.05 |
| Dana: | 16b.07.02.01 |
| System: | Monoclinic Unknown space group |
| Color: | White |
| Habit: | Globular - spherical to rounded forms (e.g. wavellite) |
| Tenacity: | Brittle |
| Luster: | Pearly |
| Streak: | White to gray |
| Diaphaneity: | Semitransparent |
| Gravity: | 2.15 |
| Opticalprop: | Biaxial (+) |
| Refractive: | nα = 1.508 nβ = 1.510 nγ = 1.516 |
| Birefringence: | δ = 0.0080 |
| Pleochroism: | Colorless |
| Fluorescence: | Fluorescent and phosphorescent, Short UV=gray blue, Long UV=light blue |
| References: | [1] [2] [3] |
Dypingite is a hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O. Its type locality is the Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Norway. Synthethic dypingite is known as heavy magnesium carbonate.