Alunogen R070601 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Alunogen R070601

Name: Alunogen
RRUFF ID: R070601
Ideal Chemistry: Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O
Locality: Alum Grotto, Vulcano Island, Aeolian Islands, Messina, Sicily, Italy
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Granular aggregates of white microcrystals associated with light tan to light purple coquimbite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070601.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070601

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070601.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.406(2)Å b: 26.90(1)Å c: 6.037(2)Å
alpha: 90.05(1)° beta: 97.64(1)° gamma: 91.82(1)° Volume: 1191(2)Å³ 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 Alunogen
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Alunogène, sulfate d’alumine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 488-492 [view file]
Larsen E S, Steiger G (1928) Dehydration and optical studies of alunogen, nontronite and griffithite, American Journal of Science, 15, 1-19 [view file]
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
Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1974) Alunogen. Its structure and twinning, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 21, 164-178
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]
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]
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
Košek F, Culka A, Žáček V, Laufek F, Škoda R, Jehlička J (2018) Native alunogen: A Raman spectroscopic study of a well-described specimen, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1157, 191-200
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]
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]

REFERENCES for Alunogen

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Alunogène, sulfate d’alumine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 488-492 [view file]

Larsen E S, Steiger G (1928) Dehydration and optical studies of alunogen, nontronite and griffithite, American Journal of Science, 15, 1-19 [view file]

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

Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1974) Alunogen. Its structure and twinning, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 21, 164-178

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]

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]

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

Košek F, Culka A, Žáček V, Laufek F, Škoda R, Jehlička J (2018) Native alunogen: A Raman spectroscopic study of a well-described specimen, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1157, 191-200

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]

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]