Voltaite R060237



Name: Voltaite
RRUFF ID: R060237
Ideal Chemistry: K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O
Locality: Dexter no. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 15636
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark blue modified octahedra associated with romerite (R060238) and coquimbite (R060638)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Voltaite (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060237.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060237
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060237.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 27.189(2)Å    b: 27.189(2)Å    c: 27.189(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 20099(4)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Voltaite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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Scacchi A (1841) Della Voltaite, nouva specie di minerale trovata nella solfatara di Pozzuoli, 1, in Antologia di Scienze Naturali R. Piria Napoli 67-71   [view file]

Blaas J (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntniss natürlicher wasserhaltiger Doppelsulfate, Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 87, 141-163   [view file]

Mereiter K (1972) Die kristallstruktur des voltaits, K2Fe52+Fe33+Al[SO4]12·18H2O, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 18, 185-202

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Košek F, Edwards H G M, Jehlička J (2019) Raman spectroscopic vibrational analysis of the complex iron sulfates clairite, metavoltine, and voltaite from the burning coal dump Anna I, Alsdorf, Germany, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 50, 1-8

Biagioni C, Mauro D, Pasero M, Bonaccorsi E, Lepore G O, Zaccarini F, Skogby H (2020) Crystal-chemistry of sulfates from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). VI. Tl-bearing alum-(K) and voltaite from the Fornovolasco mining complex, American Mineralogist, 105, 1088-1098   [view file]

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]