Alunite R070448 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Alunite R070448

Name: Alunite
RRUFF ID: R070448
Ideal Chemistry: KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆
Locality: Veta del Medio, Inca del Oro, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow tabular rhombohedra scattered over matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070448

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070448.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.058(6)Å b: 7.058(6)Å c: 17.32(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 747(1) Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Alunite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Gesner C (1565) Alumen, in De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquot, plerique nunc primum editi Excudebat Iacobus Gesnerus 11-13 [view file]
Beudant F S (1824) 22^e espèce. Alunite., in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie Chez Verdière, Libraire Paris 449-450 [view file]
Hillebrand W F, Penfield S L (1902) Some additions to the alunite-jarosite group of minerals, American Journal of Science, 164, 211-220 [view file]
Pabst A (1947) Some computations on svanbergite, woodhouseite and alunite, American Mineralogist, 32, 16-30 [view file]
Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 381-384 [view file]
Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1178-1184 [view file]
Wang R, Bradley W F, Steinfink H (1965) The crystal structure of alunite, Acta Crystallographica, 18, 249-252
Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1976) Crystal chemistry of the alunite series: crystal structure refinement of alunite and synthetic jarosite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1976, 406-417
Delamétherie J C (1979) De l’aluminilite, Theorie de la Terre, 2nd Edition, Vol 2, 113-118 [view file]
Ripmeester J A, Ratcliffe C I, Dutrizac J E, Jambor J L (1986) Hydronium ion in the alunite - jarosite group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 435-447 [view file]
Scott K M (1987) Solid solution in, and classification of, gossan-derived members of the alunite-jarosite family, northwest Queensland, Australia, American Mineralogist, 72, 178-187 [view file]
Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 630-635 [view file]
Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file]
Schukow H, Breitinger D K, Zeiske T, Kubanek F, Mohr J, Schwab R G (1999) Localization of hydrogen and content of oxonium cations in alunite via neutron diffraction, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 625, 1047-1050
Lager G A, Swayze G A, Loong C K, Rotella F J, Richardson J W, Stoffregen R E (2001) Neutron spectroscopic study of synthetic alunite and oxonium–substituted alunite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1131-1138 [view file]
Bishop J L, Murad E (2005) The visible and infrared spectral properties of jarosite and alunite, American Mineralogist, 90, 1100-1107 [view file]
Majzlan J, Speziale S, Duffy T S, Burns P C (2006) Single-crystal elastic properties of alunite, KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 567-573
Papike J J, Karner J M, Spilde M N, Shearer C K (2006) Terrestrial analogs of martian sulfates: Major and minor element systematics of alunite-jarosite from Goldfield, Nevada, American Mineralogist, 91, 1197-1200 [view file]
Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]
Nielsen U G, Majzlan J, Phillips B, Ziliox M, Grey C P (2007) Characterization of defects and local structure in natural and synthetic alunite (K,Na,H₃O)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆ by multi-nuclear solid-state NMR spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 92, 587-597 [view file]
Murphy P J, Smith A M L, Hudson-Edwards K A, Dubbin W E, Wright K (2009) Raman and IR spectroscopic studies of alunite-supergroup compounds containing Al, Cr³⁺, Fe³⁺ and V³⁺ at the B site, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 663-681 [view file]
Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927

REFERENCES for Alunite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Gesner C (1565) Alumen, in De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquot, plerique nunc primum editi Excudebat Iacobus Gesnerus 11-13 [view file]

Beudant F S (1824) 22^e espèce. Alunite., in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie Chez Verdière, Libraire Paris 449-450 [view file]

Hillebrand W F, Penfield S L (1902) Some additions to the alunite-jarosite group of minerals, American Journal of Science, 164, 211-220 [view file]

Pabst A (1947) Some computations on svanbergite, woodhouseite and alunite, American Mineralogist, 32, 16-30 [view file]

Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 381-384 [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1178-1184 [view file]

Wang R, Bradley W F, Steinfink H (1965) The crystal structure of alunite, Acta Crystallographica, 18, 249-252

Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1976) Crystal chemistry of the alunite series: crystal structure refinement of alunite and synthetic jarosite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1976, 406-417

Delamétherie J C (1979) De l’aluminilite, Theorie de la Terre, 2nd Edition, Vol 2, 113-118 [view file]

Ripmeester J A, Ratcliffe C I, Dutrizac J E, Jambor J L (1986) Hydronium ion in the alunite - jarosite group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 435-447 [view file]

Scott K M (1987) Solid solution in, and classification of, gossan-derived members of the alunite-jarosite family, northwest Queensland, Australia, American Mineralogist, 72, 178-187 [view file]

Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 630-635 [view file]

Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file]

Schukow H, Breitinger D K, Zeiske T, Kubanek F, Mohr J, Schwab R G (1999) Localization of hydrogen and content of oxonium cations in alunite via neutron diffraction, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 625, 1047-1050

Lager G A, Swayze G A, Loong C K, Rotella F J, Richardson J W, Stoffregen R E (2001) Neutron spectroscopic study of synthetic alunite and oxonium–substituted alunite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1131-1138 [view file]

Bishop J L, Murad E (2005) The visible and infrared spectral properties of jarosite and alunite, American Mineralogist, 90, 1100-1107 [view file]

Majzlan J, Speziale S, Duffy T S, Burns P C (2006) Single-crystal elastic properties of alunite, KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 567-573

Papike J J, Karner J M, Spilde M N, Shearer C K (2006) Terrestrial analogs of martian sulfates: Major and minor element systematics of alunite-jarosite from Goldfield, Nevada, American Mineralogist, 91, 1197-1200 [view file]

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file]

Nielsen U G, Majzlan J, Phillips B, Ziliox M, Grey C P (2007) Characterization of defects and local structure in natural and synthetic alunite (K,Na,H₃O)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆ by multi-nuclear solid-state NMR spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 92, 587-597 [view file]

Murphy P J, Smith A M L, Hudson-Edwards K A, Dubbin W E, Wright K (2009) Raman and IR spectroscopic studies of alunite-supergroup compounds containing Al, Cr³⁺, Fe³⁺ and V³⁺ at the B site, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 663-681 [view file]

Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927