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Name: Jarosite RRUFF ID: X050106 Ideal Chemistry: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 Locality: near Calico Hills, Barstow, California, USA Source: Caltech Owner: Caltech Description: Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy |
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Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ Alunite (20) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Jarosite samples (5) ] |
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REFERENCES for Jarosite | |
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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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Hillebrand W F, Penfield S L (1902) Some additions to the alunite-jarosite group of minerals, American Journal of Science, 164, 211-220 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 580-586 [view file] |
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Brophy G P, Sheridan M F (1965) Sulfate studies IV: the jarositenatrojarositehydronium jarosite solid solution series, American Mineralogist, 50, 1595-1607 [view file] |
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White J S, Henderson E P, Mason B (1967) Secondary minerals produced by weathering of the Wolf Creek meteorite, American Mineralogist, 52, 1190-1197 [view file] |
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Brown J B (1970) A chemical study of some synthetic potassium-hydronium jarosites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 696-703 [view file] |
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Dutrizac J E, Kaiman S (1976) Synthesis and properties of jarosite-type compounds, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 151-158 [view file] |
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Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1976) Crystal chemistry of the alunite series: crystal structure refinement of alunite and synthetic jarosite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1976, 406-417 |
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Rossman G R (1976) Spectroscopic and magnetic studies of ferric iron hydroxy sulfates: the series Fe(OH)SO4·nH2O and jarosites, American Mineralogist, 61, 398-404 [view file] |
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Kato T, Miura Y (1977) The crystal structure of jarosite and svanbergite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 419-430 [view file] |
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Dutrizac J E, Chen T T (1981) The synthesis of mercury jarosite and the mercury concentration in jarosite-family minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 559-569 [view file] |
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Ivarson K C, Ross G J, Miles N M (1981) Formation of rubidium jarosite during the microbiological oxidation of ferrous iron at room temperature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 429-434 [view file] |
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Ripmeester J A, Ratcliffe C I, Dutrizac J E, Jambor J L (1986) Hydronium ion in the alunite - jarosite group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 435-447 [view file] |
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Michel F A, Van Everdingen R O (1987) Formation of a jarosite deposit on Cretaceous shales in the Fort Norman area, Northwest Territories, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 221-226 [view file] |
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Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file] |
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Scott K M (1987) Solid solution in, and classification of, gossan-derived members of the alunite-jarosite family, northwest Queensland, Australia, American Mineralogist, 72, 178-187 [view file] |
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Tazaki K, Mori T, Nonaka T (1992) Microbial jarosite and gypsum from corrosion of Portland cement concrete, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 431-444 [view file] |
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Sasaki K, Tanaike O, Konno H (1998) Distinction of jarosite-group compounds by Raman spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1225-1235 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file] |
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Frankel R B, Bazylinski D A (2003) Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 54, 95-114 |
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Grohol D, Huang Q, Toby B H, Lyn J W, Lee Y S, Nocera D G (2003) Powder neuron diffraction analysis and magnetic structure of kagomé-type vanadium jarosite NaV3(OD)6(SO4)2, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter, 68, 094404-7 |
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Paktunc D, Dutrizac J E (2003) Characterization of arsenate-for sulfate substitution in synthetic jarosite using X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 905-919 [view file] |
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Bishop J L, Murad E (2005) The visible and infrared spectral properties of jarosite and alunite, American Mineralogist, 90, 1100-1107 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Wills R, Weier M L, Martens W (2005) Comparison of the Raman spectra of natural and synthetic K- and Na-jarosites at 298 and 77 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 36, 435-444 |
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Frost R L, Wills R A, Weier M L, Martens W, Mills S (2006) A Raman spectroscopic study of selected natural jarosites, Spectrochimica Acta, A63, 1-8 |
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Papike J J, Karner J M, Spilde M N, Shearer C K (2006) Terrestrial analogs of martian sulfates: Major and minor element systematics of alunite-jarosite from Goldfield, Nevada, American Mineralogist, 91, 1197-1200 [view file] |
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Basciano L C, Peterson R C (2007) Jarositehydronium jarosite solid-solution series with full iron site occupancy: Mineralogy and crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 92, 1464-1473 [view file] |
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Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file] |
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Basciano L C, Peterson R C (2008) Crystal chemistry of the natrojarosite-jarosite and natrojarosite-hydronium jarosite solid-solution: A synthetic study with full Fe site occupancy, American Mineralogist, 93, 853-862 [view file] |
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Hudson-Edwards K A, Smith A M L, Dubbin W E, Bennett A J, Murphy P J, Wright K (2008) Comprison of the structures of natural and synthetic Pb-Cu-jarosite-type compounds, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2004, 241-252 |
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Murphy P J, Smith A M L, Hudson-Edwards K A, Dubbin W E, Wright K (2009) Raman and IR spectroscopic studies of alunite-supergroup compounds containing Al, Cr3+, Fe3+ and V3+ at the B site, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 663-681 [view file] |
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Sato E, Nakai I, Miyawaki R, Matsubara S (2009) Crystal structures of alunite family minerals: beaverite, corkite, alunite, natroalunite, jarosite, svanbergite, and woodhouseite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 185, 313-322 |
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Basciano L C, Peterson R C (2010) A crystallographic study of the incomplete solid-solution between plumbojarosite and jarosite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 651-659 [view file] |
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Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927 [view file] |
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Scarlett N V Y, Grey I E, Brand H E A (2010) Ordering of iron vacancies in monoclinic jarosites, American Mineralogist, 95, 1590-1593 [view file] |
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Mills S J, Nestola F, Kahlenberg V, Christy A G, Hejny C, Redhammer G J (2013) Looking for jarosite on Mars: The low-temperature crystal structure of jarosite, American Mineralogist, 98, 1966-1971 |
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Spratt H J, Rintoul L, Avdeev M, Martens W N (2013) The crystal structure and vibrational spectroscopy of jarosite and alunite minerals, American Mineralogist, 98, 1633-1643 |
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Pitman K M, Noe Dobrea E Z, Jamieson C S, Dalton J B, Abbey W J, Joseph E C S (2014) Reflectance spectroscopy and optical functions for hydrated Fe-sulfates, American Mineralogist, 99, 1593-1603 |
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Sobron P, Bishop J L, Blake D F, Chen B, Rull F (2014) Natural Fe-bearing oxides and sulfates from the Rio Tinto Mars analog site: Critical assessment of VNIR reflectance spectroscopy, laser Raman spectroscopy, and XRD as mineral identification tools, American Mineralogist, 99, 1199-1205 |
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Sklute E C, Glotch T D, Piatek J L, Woerner W R, Martone A A, Kraner M L (2015) Optical constants of synthetic potassium, sodium, and hydronium jarosite, American Mineralogist, 100, 1110-1122 |
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Morrison S M, Downs R T, Blake D F, Prabhu A, Eleish A, Vaniman D T, Ming D W, Rampe E B, Hazen R M, Achilles C N, Treiman A H, Yen A S, Morris R V, Bristow T F, Chipera S J, Sarrazin P C, Fendrich K V, Morookian J M, Farmer J D, Des Marais D J, Craig P I (2018) Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies, American Mineralogist, 103, 848-856 [view file] |
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Ondrejka M, Bačík P, Sobocký T, Uher P, Škoda R, Mikuš T, Luptáková J, Konečiný P (2018) Minerals of the rhabdophane group and the alunite supergroup in microgranite: products of low-temperature alteration in a highly acidic environment from the Velence Hills, Hungary, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1277-1300 |
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Hudson-Edwards K A (2019) Uptake and release of arsenic and antimony in alunite-jarosite and beudantite group minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 633-640 |
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Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456 |
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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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Hinman N W, Bishop J L, Gulick V C, Kotler Dettmann J M, Morkner P, Berlanga G, Henneberger R M, Bergquist P, Richardson C D, Walter M R, MacKenzie L A, Anitori R P, Scott J R (2021) Targeting mixtures of jarosite and clay minerals for Mars exploration, American Mineralogist, 106, 1237-1254 |
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Cruells M, Roca A (2022) Jarosites: Formation, structure, reactivity and environmental, Metals, 12, 802 [view file] |
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Whitworth A J, Brand H E A, Wilson S, Grey I E, Stephen N R, Gozukara Y, Frierdich A J (2023) The occurrence of monoclinic jarosite in natural environments, American Mineralogist, 108, 584-594 |
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