Pentahydrite R100022 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Pentahydrite R100022

Name: Pentahydrite
RRUFF ID: R100022
Ideal Chemistry: MgSO₄·5H₂O
Locality: Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Source: Michael Scott S105209 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless well-formed tabular crystals associated with carnallite R070291 and kainite R100021.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100022

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R100022.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.341(1)Å b: 10.545(2)Å c: 6.0646(7)Å
alpha: 80.92(1)° beta: 109.937(9)° gamma: 105.058(7)° Volume: 367.0(1) Crystal System: triclinic

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 Pentahydrite
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]
Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 638-642 [view file]
Palache C, Berman H, Frondel C (1951) 29.6.5.3 Pentahydrite [MgSO₄·5H₂O], in The System of Mineralogy, Volume II, Seventh Edition John Wiley and Sons, Inc New York 492-493 [view file]
Fleischer M (1952) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 37, 359-362 [view file]
Baur W H, Rolin J L (1972) Salt hydrates. IX. The comparison of the crystal structure of magnesium sulfate pentahydrate with copper sulfate pentahydrate and magnesium chromate pentahydrate, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 1448-1455
Peterson R C, Hammarstrom J M, Seal R R (2006) Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO₄·7H₂O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste, American Mineralogist, 91, 261-269 [view file]

REFERENCES for Pentahydrite

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]

Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 638-642 [view file]

Palache C, Berman H, Frondel C (1951) 29.6.5.3 Pentahydrite [MgSO₄·5H₂O], in The System of Mineralogy, Volume II, Seventh Edition John Wiley and Sons, Inc New York 492-493 [view file]

Fleischer M (1952) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 37, 359-362 [view file]

Baur W H, Rolin J L (1972) Salt hydrates. IX. The comparison of the crystal structure of magnesium sulfate pentahydrate with copper sulfate pentahydrate and magnesium chromate pentahydrate, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 1448-1455

Peterson R C, Hammarstrom J M, Seal R R (2006) Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO₄·7H₂O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste, American Mineralogist, 91, 261-269 [view file]