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Name: Natrojarosite RRUFF ID: R080062 Ideal Chemistry: NaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 Locality: Lavra do Tomé, Galiléja, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Luiz Menezes [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Golden brown rhombohedral crystals associated with colorless to pale purple phosphosiderite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ Alunite (20) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Natrojarosite samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R080062.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.316(7)Å b: 7.316(7)Å c: 16.63(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 770.7(7)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Natrojarosite | |
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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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Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nestola F, Mills S J, Periotto B, Scandolo L (2013) The alunite supergroup under high pressure: the case of natrojarosite, NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 3007-3017 |
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McCollom T M, Ehlmann B L, Wang A, Hynek B M, Moskowitz B, Berquó T S (2014) Detection of iron substitution in natroalunite-natrojarosite solid solutions and potential implications for Mars, American Mineralogist, 99, 948-964 |
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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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Liu Y, Wang A (2015) Dehydration of Na-jarosite, ferricopiapite, and rhomboclase at temperatures of 50 and 95°C: implications for Martian ferric sulfates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 46, 493-500 |
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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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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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