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Ammoniojarosite R060408
Name: Ammoniojarosite
RRUFF ID: R060408
Ideal Chemistry: (NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Locality: Wamsutter, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
Source: American Museum of Natural History 31246 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored fine-grained massive, intimately associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ Alunite (20) ]
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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REFERENCES for Ammoniojarosite

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]

Shannon E V (1927) Ammoniojarosite, a new mineral of the jarosite group of Utah, American Mineralogist, 12, 424-426   [view file]

Odum J K, Hauff P L, Farrow R A (1982) A new occurrence of ammoniojarosite in Buffalo, Wyoming, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 91-95   [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]

Sasaki K, Tanaike O, Konno H (1998) Distinction of jarosite-group compounds by Raman spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1225-1235   [view file]

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

Basciano L C, Peterson R C (2007) The crystal structure of ammoniojarosite, (NH4)Fe3(SO4)2(OH)6 and the crystal chemistry of the ammoniojarosite-hydronium jarosite solid-solution series, Mineralogical Magazine, 71, 427-441   [view file]

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