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|   |   | Name: Pyracmonite RRUFF ID: R220027 Ideal Chemistry: (NH4)3Fe(SO4)3 Locality: Burnside, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Sprays of colorless to white acicular or prismatic crystals, associated with yellow carlsonite (R220026). Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Pyracmonite (1) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R220027 | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 15.2158(4)Å    b: 15.2158(4)Å    c: 8.9446(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1793.42(15)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Pyracmonite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Palmer K J, Wong R Y, Lee K S (1972) The crystal structure of ferric ammonium sulfate trihydrate, FeNH4(SO4)2*3H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 236-241 | |
| Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2008) New minerals approved in 2008, in International Mineralogical Association 1-13 [view file] | |
| Demartin F, Gramaccioli C M, Campostrini I (2010) Pyracmonite, (NH4)3Fe(SO4)3, a new ammonium iron sulfate from La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 307-313 [view file] | |
| Poirier G, Tait K T, Rowe R (2011) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 96, 936-945 [view file] | |
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