Kieserite R070291



Name: Kieserite
RRUFF ID: R070291
Ideal Chemistry: MgSO4·H2O
Locality: Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Source: Michael Scott S105209 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink to grey coarse grained, poorly consolidated
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070291
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Kieserite

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]

Reichardt E (1861) Neue mineralien von Staβfurth, Berg- und Huttenmannische Zeitung, 20, 39-39   [view file]

Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 805-812   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Hawthorne, F C, Groat L A, Raudsepp, M, Ercit T S (1987) Kieserite, Mg(SO4)(H2O), a titanite-group mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 157, 121-132

Wildner M, Giester G (1991) The crystal structures of kieserite-type compounds. I. Crystal structures of Me(II)SO4·H2O (Me=Mn,Fe,Co,Ni,Zn), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1991, 296-306

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

Peterson R C, Nelson W, Madu B, Shurvell H F (2007) Meridianiite (MgSO4·11H2O): a new mineral species observed on Earth and predicted to exist on Mars, Seventh International Conference on Mars, 7, 3124-3124