Ko te Brucite, he kohuke konupora waihāora me te tātai matū Mg(OH)2, he hua whakarerekē tuarua kāore i tino kitea, ka puta inā pāhekoheko ngā toka whai konupora ki te wai i ngā taiao mākū me te pāmahana iti. Nō te rōpū kohuke waihāora, e whai ana i ngā rōpū waihāora e hono ana ki ngā katote konupora, e puta ai he kākano māeneene me te mārō o Mohs e 2.5 pea, he kanapa momona ki te kanapa karaihe, me te whānuitanga o ngā tae mai i te mā me te kore tae ki te kākāriki, te kikorangi, te hina, me te kōwhai. Ka kitea nuitia i te taha o ngā kohuke pērā i te tāwhara, te konupora pākurakura, te waihāora konupora, me te konupora mā, e whakaatu ana i ngā āhua tioata tapawhā, kakawe, porotaka rānei. I tapaina hei whakanui i te tohunga kohuke Amerika a Archibald Bruce (1777–1818) mō tana rangahau tuatahi i ngā tauira kohuke o Amerika, he nui te uara putaiao o te Brucite mō te whakaatu i ngā tukanga whakarerekē konupora me te hanganga waihāora, ā, ko ngā tauira tino pai e tino whakanuia ana e ngā kaikohi kohuke mō ō rātou āhuatanga ātaahua.

Hītori o Brucite
I whakaahua tuatahitia hei momo kohuke motuhake i te timatanga o te rautau 19, i whakaingoatia te brucite hei whakahōnore i a Archibald Bruce (1777–1818), he tākuta nō Amerika, he tohunga kohuke, he ētita hoki o te timatanga Te Tuhitaka Minararangi o AmerikaKo wai, i tirotiro tuatahi i nga tauira motuhake mai i New Jersey me Pennsylvania. I te wa e whanake ana nga punaha whakarōpūtanga kohuke hou, ka whai mana a brucite hei tauira matua i roto i te ahuwhenua kohuke, hei tauira matarohia o te kohuke hydroxide ngawari, na runga i tana tātai matū māmā, Mg(OH)2, me tana hanganga karaihe trioctahedral paparua. I roto i nga rau tau, ko nga rangahau putaiao ki te brucite kua tino whakapai ake i to tatou mohiotanga ki nga taunekeneke toka-wai, te panoni waiariki, me nga tukanga whakamakuku e huri ai nga toka ultramafic ki te serpentinite i roto i te kiripaka o te whenua. I tenei ra, i tua atu i tana mahi hītori me te matawhenua hei tohu matua mo nga taiao whakarerekē i te pāmahana iti, kei te mau tonu te whai take o te brucite i naianei hei puna ahumahi mo te konupora waikura parakore tino nui, me nga whakangau mura ahi e pai ana ki te taiao, i te mea ko nga tauira tino ataahua, kanapa tonu e whai waahi nui ana i roto i nga kohinga whare taonga nui me nga whakaaturanga kohuke motuhake puta noa i te ao.
Te hanganga o Brucite
Ka puta te brucite mā te panoni me te whakamākū o ngā kohuke nui tonu o te konupūmā—pērā i te periclase (MgO), te olivine, te pyroxene, me ngā warokawa e mau ana i te konupūmā—ina pā atu ki te wai i roto i ngā momo horopaki matawhenua. I roto i ngā toka ultramafic pērā i te peridotite, ka puta te brucite i te wā o te whakapōtaetanga (serpentinization), he tukanga wera-mahana iti e wāwāhia ai e te wai whenua e rere haere ana ngā kohuke silicate tuatahi o te konupūmā, ā, ka puta ngā konupūmā katote e herea ana ki ngā rōpū hydroxyl i roto i ngā kapi, ngā uaua, me ngā kōhao tuwhera. I tua atu i ngā panonitanga toka i ahu mai i te kōrau, ka tupu te brucite ki ngā rohe pāwhiri whakapā (contact metamorphic) e pā atu ai ngā toka pākeho (limestones) me ngā toka dolomite ki ngā waikawa wera, kī tonu i te konupūmā, tae atu ki ngā whenua whakapā metamorphic iti-teitei e whāngaia ai e te rere wera te whakaputa tahi o te brucite ki te serpentine me te magnesite. Nā te mea e tino whakawhirinaki ana tōna pūmau whakamahana ki ngā here taiao, ka puta te brucite hei papatipu kirikiri pai, hei whakahiatotanga muka, hei tioata pai rānei i ngā āhuatanga mahana iti, nui te wai, me te kaha o te kawakawa me te nui o te konupūmā.
Ngā Momo me Ngā Rerekētanga o te Brucite
Ka puta a Brucite i roto i ētahi momo rerekē o te hanganga, te whakaurunga, me te āhua, e whakatauhia ana e ngā āhuatanga whenua motuhake e whakaputaina ai, me te noho mai o ngā whakakapinga huānga iti:
- Nemalite (Brucite Whakakikorua) He momo hanganga ahurei, tino rerekē, e tohuhia ana e ngā muka pai, hiraka, rite aho rānei e roa ana. Ka puta te Nemalite i ngā ara iti me ngā pakaruhanga i roto i ngā toka ultramafic kua whakakāhoretia. He maha ngā wā kei roto he iti noa iho te rino e whakakapi ana i te konupora, e hōmai ana i te āhua kōmā, kōwhai, hina rānei.

- Kō He tino whakanuia e te hunga kohi kohuke, ka hangaia e tēnei momo ngā putiputi porotaka, rite ki te karepe (ngā whakahiatotanga botryoidal) he porowhita haurua rānei, kaua ki ngā papatahi. Ko ngā putunga rongonui i Baluchistan, Pakistan, ka puta mai ngā tauira rongonui, kua tino kaha te kōwhai-kākano ki te kākāriki-rimu, ko ō rātou tae whakamīharo i puta mai i ngā paru paruparu me ngā āhuatanga tipu hanganga.
- Brucite Ferroan (Brucite e mau ana i te rino) He momo whakarerekē matū e whakakapi ai ngā katote rino rua-wā (Fe2+) i te konupora (Mg2+) i roto i te whārangi tioata. Ko te whakapā ki te hau me te hāwere o te mata ka whakapakaritia te rino e te hāora, ka huri te tae o te kōhuke’i te tae mai i te hina mārama, kākāriki rānei ki ngā tae parauri, whero-parauri rānei.
- Manganiferous Brucite (Manganbrucite) He momo nui konupūmā kei reira te konupūmā (Mn2+) e whakakapi ana i te konupora. Ko ēnei tauira e whakaatu ana i te tae parauri, whero, kōwhai mīere rānei. Ina roa te whakapā atu ki te hau, ka waikura te konupūmā o te mata, ā, ka pōuri rawa te kōhatu i roto i te wā.
- Tioata / Papatahi Brucite Te āhua matarau o te brucite, e whakaatu ana i ngā tioata hexagonal, rite pereti, tabular rānei e tino mārama ana, me te kanapa peara kaha i ngā papa wehenga. Ko ngā āhua parakore he kore tae, he hukarere-ma rānei, ahakoa he paku kikorangi kōmā me te kākāriki mint e noho whānui ana i runga i ngā rerekētanga o ng
Hanganga Karaihe o Brucite
Ko te whakakoi i roto i te pūnaha tioata tapatoru (roopū mokowā P3m1), kei a te brucite tētahi hanganga paparanga hauwai kōnati tūāpapa e hangaia ana e ngā wāhanga whārangi kua whakapirihia o ngā katote konupora e honoa ana ki ngā rōpū hauwai. I roto i ia whārangi takitahi, ko te paparangi waenga o ngā kātote konupora (Mg²⁺) e tāpaea ana i waenga i ngā paparanga e rua whakarara o ngā kātote hauwai (OH⁻), i reira ia ngota konupora e noho ana i te tūhonohononga oktahedra me ngā rōpū hauwai e ono e karapoti ana. Ko ēnei oktahedra Mg(OH)₆ e tiritiri tapa ana ka hanga i ngā whārangi aruaru takirua e hono pūmau ana; engari, ko ngā whārangi tata e pāhekoheko ana mā ngā kaha van der Waals tino ngoikore me te hononga hauwai rerekā puta noa i te mokowā waenga paparanga. Ko tēnei koretake o te hanganga e whakamārama tika ana i te whanonga ā-tinana o te brucite—arā, tōna pakeke tino māeneene o te 2.5 Mohs, te āhua ngāwari, me te māwherangi tino pai, tino tika o te papa {0001} e wātea ana ngā paparanga kia paheke noa. Ahakoa e tiritiri ana te brucite i tēnei momo hanganga cadmium iodide (CdI₂) me ētahi atu kohuke hauwai pērā i te portlandite (Ca(OH)₂) me te pyrochroite (Mn(OH)₂), ko ngā rerekētanga o te rahi o te kātote me te pūmanawa whakawehe ka whakarerekē i te āputa waenga paparanga me ngā inenga wae pūtau, e puta ai ngā āhuatanga motuhake o te kiato me te pūmau. Ā-whānui, ko tēnei hangarau ngota e whakaatu ana i ngā āhuatanga tioata mai i ngā pereti tapatoru, horahora me ngā whārangi whārangi ki ngā papatipu kirikiri kiato, ki ngā whakahiato muka roa rānei.

Ngā Āhuatanga Tinana me te Matū o Brucite
He ngohengohe me te ahua motuhake o te Brucite ki te whakataurite ki ētahi atu kohuke konupora. He pakeke Mohs 2.5–3, nā reira ka ngāwari te waruhanatia e ngā rawa mārō ake. I te nuinga o te wā, he mā, he korekore, he hina, he kākāriki, he kikorangi, he kōwhai rānei te ahua o te kohuke, i runga anō i ngā parakino me ngā āhuatanga ā-whenua i te wā o te hanganga. Ka whakaatu te Brucite i te kanapa peara ki te kanapa karaihe, inā koa ki ngā mata māwatawa, ā, ka puta pea hei kohinga papa, papatahi, muka, papatipu rānei. He tino pai te wehenga o te pūtake, e āhei ai te wehe māmā i ngā papa paparangi i roto i tōna anga karaihe. He māramarama ki te māramarama noa te tikanga o te kohuke, he tōnga mā, ā, he iti te taumaha motuhake, tata ki te 2.3–2.4. Ko tōna kākano ngohengohe me tōna anga paparangi he āhuatanga tautohu nui e wehewehe ai i ētahi kohuke konupora rite pērā i te serpetine me te magnesite.
I te taha matū, ko te brucite he kohuke konupora waiwaiā ki te tātai Mg(OH)₂, he katote konupora e herea ana ki ngā rōpū waiwaiā. Nō te akomanga kohuke waiwaiā, ā, he nui te wāhanga konupora kei roto, nā reira he puna māori nui o ngā pūhui konupora. Ko te brucite he mea pūmau i ngā taiao kawakawa, engari ka taea te whakahāngai ki ngā waikawa, ka puta mai ngā tote konupora me te wai. Inā whakawera, ka puta i te tukanga whakamaroke e tangohia ai ngā rōpū waiwaiā, ka huri hei pūkorukoru konupora (periclase, MgO), ka tuku i te kīhini wai. Nā tēnei whanonga wera, ka whai hua te brucite ki ngā whakamahinga ahumahi e pā ana ki te whakaputanga pūkorukoru konupora. Ko āna āhuatanga matū hoki e waihanga ana i te hiranga ki ngā rangahau o ngā taunekeneke wai-toka, te whakarerekētanga kohuke, me ngā tukanga matūwhenua e pā ana ki ngā taiao whenua e whai rawa ana i te konupora.
Ngā Wāhi me Ngā Putanga o Brucite
Ka puta te Brucite ki ngā momo horowhenua matawhānui huri noa i te ao i ngā wāhi e pāhekoheko ai ngā toka matua e whai ana i te konupora ki ngā wai haukū, ki ngā wai wera rānei, me ngā putunga tino nui mō te ahumahi me ngā putunga kounga-kaiwhiwhi e mōhiotia ana puta noa i ngā whenua pēnei i te Hononga o Amerika, Rūhia, Haina, Pakitāne, Kānata, Itāria, Ateria, me Āwherika ki te Tonga. I te Hononga o Amerika, kei Nevada, California, me Texas ngā putunga nui, ko te takiwā maina rongonui o Franklin-Sterling Hill i New Jersey e whakanuia ana mō te whakaputa i ngā tauira kohuke tino motuhake i reira e puta tahi ana te Brucite me ngā momo e mau ana i te konutea me te konupora. I runga i te taumata ahumahi, kei te kerihia ngā putunga arumoni nui ki te rāwhiti o Rūhia (ina koa te putunga Kuldhur i te Jewish Autonomous Oblast) me Haina (pērā i te porowini o Liaoning), i reira ngā tinana Brucite nunui e noho ana i ngā kōurakatia kua whakarerekētia me ngā hanganga ultramafic kua whakairihia e puta ai te konupora parakore mō ngā whakamatao me ngā tāraimate ahi-atawhai. Engari, ko ngā tauira kaiwhiwhi o te ao he tino motuhake ake: ko te takiwā o Killa Saifullah i Baluchistan, Pakitāne, kua rongonui puta noa i te ao mō ōna porotaka botryoidal kōwhai-ā-kanarī me te kākāriki-rimurimu tino kaha, ko ētahi wāhi i Rūhia me Kānata e puta ai ngā tioata papalapala kikorangi me te kākāriki-miniti, e whakaatu ana i ngā matū wai parakore motuhake i te wā o te whakatautau i te pāmahana iti.

Whakamahinga o Brucite
Nā tōna nui rawa o te kiko o te waikawa konupora (tae atu ki te 69% MgO) me ōna āhuatanga kawakawa kaha, ko te brucite he rawa e kore e taea te whakakapi i ngā wāhanga ahumahi, taiao, pūtaiao hoki, kaua hei kohatu whakapaipai arumoni. I te taha ahumahi, ka tunua kia puta ai te konupora waikawa ma te kaha me te konupora kua mate, e tika ana mō te hanga i ngā taiapa oumu ahi nui, uku, papa whare, me ngā whakakī ahi-ārai taiao mō ngā polymer. I te taha taiao me te hangarau ahuwhenua, nā tōna kawakawa māori, he kai-whakaputa pai, kore-paowa mō te whakaora i te wai para ahumahi waikawa, te whakaheke i te whakapā o te pungatara, me te whakatikatika i te pH o te oneone i te wa e whakarato ana i ngā matūkai konupora nui mō ngā hua. I te taha geochemical, he mahi nui tā te brucite i roto i te rangahau matua mō te whakawhāiti kohuke me te whakamau waro ā-whenua, nā te mea ko tōna hanganga hydroxyl urupare ka urupare ki te waro hauhā kua memeha hei hanga i ngā kohuke konupora warowaikawa pūmau. Hei whakakapinga, ahakoa tōna ngāwari e aukati ana i tōna whakamahinga hei whakapaipai, ko ngā tauira tioata kōwhai kanapa, kākāriki, me te kikorangi mārama e tino whakamana ana e ngā kaitiaki whare taonga, tohunga kohuke, me ngā kaikohi motuhake hei taonga ātaahua me ngā taputapu whakaako mō te ako i ngā pūnaha waiariki iti-pāmahana.