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Name: Alunogen RRUFF ID: R060015 Ideal Chemistry: Al2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O Locality: Saxony, Germany Source: American Museum of Natural History 16646 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless compact mass of fibers, along with some sprays of acicular single crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Alunogen samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060015.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.4130(4)Å b: 26.7219(8)Å c: 6.0210(7)Å alpha: 88.728(3)° beta: 99.643(9)° gamma: 91.802(5)° Volume: 1175.1(0)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Alunogen | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Beudant F S (1832) Alunogène, sulfate dalumine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 488-492 [view file] |
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Larsen E S, Steiger G (1928) Dehydration and optical studies of alunogen, nontronite and griffithite, American Journal of Science, 15, 1-19 [view file] |
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Gordon S G (1942) Results of the Chilean mineralogical expedition of 1938. Part VII.The crystallography of alunogen, meta-alunogen and pickeringite, Notulae Naturae of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 101, 1-9 |
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Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1974) Alunogen. Its structure and twinning, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 21, 164-178 |
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Fang J H, Robinson P D (1976) Alunogen, Al2(H2O)12(SO4)3·5H2O: Its atomic arrangement and water content, American Mineralogist, 61, 311-317 [view file] |
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Bariand P, Cesbron F, Berthelon J-P (1977) Les sulfates de fer de Saghand près de Yazd (Iran), Mémoire Hors-Série de la Société Géologique de France, 8, 77-85 [view file] |
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Kahlenberg V, Braun D E, Orlova M (2015) Investigations on alunogen under Mars-relevant temperature conditions: an example for a single-crystal-to-single-crystal phase transition, American Mineralogist, 100, 2548-2558 |
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Koek F, Culka A, áček V, Laufek F, koda R, Jehlička J (2018) Native alunogen: A Raman spectroscopic study of a well-described specimen, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1157, 191-200 |
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Biagioni C, Mauro D, Pasero M (2020) Sulfates from the pyrite ore deposits of the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy): A review, Minerals, 10, 1092 [view file] |
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Zhitova E S, Sheveleva R M, Zolotarev A A, Nuzhdaev A A (2023) Atomic arrangement, hydrogen bonding and structural complexity of alunogen, Al2(SO4)3·17H2O, from Kamchatka Geothermal Field, Russia, Crystals, 13, 963 [link] [view file] |
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