Hidalgoite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Important Update News

The RRUFF Project is being updated to improve its interface and content. The beta version of the update is accessible to the public at RRUFF.net. New data is only being added to the beta site. Please note that it is in development, and some components are not functional. Existing RRUFF.info links will resolve to the new site after RRUFF.net is officially released.

We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.

Hidalgoite R180018

Name: Hidalgoite
RRUFF ID: R180018
Ideal Chemistry: PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆
Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia
Source: Mark Feinglos [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White to grey tabular crystals on quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ beudantite (14) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R180018.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment. Crystals are zoned and very inhomogeneous.
Measured Chemistry:	Pb_1.05(Al_2.75Fe³⁺_0.34)[(SO₄)_0.72(AsO₄)_0.26](AsO₄)(O_0.15(OH)_5.85)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R180018.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.0913(8)Å b: 7.0913(8)Å c: 17.0269(20)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 741.51(30)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

DOWNLOADS:

REFERENCES for Hidalgoite
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]
Smith R L, Simons F S, Vlisidis A C (1953) Hidalgoite, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 38, 1218-1224 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [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 (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file]
Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927 [view file]
Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (2012) Refinement of the crystal structure of zoned philipsbornite-hidalgoite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia, and hydrogen bonding in the D²⁺G³⁺₃(T⁵⁺O₄)(TO₃OH)(OH)₆ alunite structures, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 839-849 [view file]
Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95

REFERENCES for Hidalgoite

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]

Smith R L, Simons F S, Vlisidis A C (1953) Hidalgoite, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 38, 1218-1224 [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [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 (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file]

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

Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (2012) Refinement of the crystal structure of zoned philipsbornite-hidalgoite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia, and hydrogen bonding in the D²⁺G³⁺₃(T⁵⁺O₄)(TO₃OH)(OH)₆ alunite structures, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 839-849 [view file]

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95