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|   |   | Name: Fibroferrite RRUFF ID: R061076 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O Locality: Cyprus Source: Michael Scott S101327 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Matted aggregates of pale yellow fibers Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R061076.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 23.553(2)Å    b: 23.553(2)Å    c: 7.742(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 3719.2(7)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Fibroferrite | |
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| 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] | |
| Rose H (1833) Ueber einige in Südamerika vorkommende Eisenoxydsalze, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 27, 309-319 [view file] | |
| Linck G (1889) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Sulfate von Terra amarilla bei Copiapó in Chile, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 15, 1-28 [view file] | |
| Cesbron F (1964) Contribution à la minéralogie des sulphates de fer hydratés, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 87, 125-143 [view file] | |
| 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] | |
| Scordari F (1981) Fibroferrite: a mineral with a {Fe(OH)(H2O)2SO4} spiral chain and its relationship to Fe(OH)SO4, butlerite and parabutlerite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 28, 17-29 | |
| Chipera S J, Bish D L, Sarrazin P, Alcantar-Lopez L, Vaniman D T, Blake D (2008) Sulfate mineralogy from acid-alteration of pyrite: Leadville, Colorado, Lunar and Planetary Science, 39, 1462 [view file] | |
| Ventruti G, Ventura G D, Bellatreccia F, Lacalamita M, Schingaro E (2016) Hydrogen bond system and vibrational spectroscopy of the iron sulfate fibroferrite, Fe(OH)SO4·5H2O, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 943-952 | |
| Majzlan J, Dachs E, Benisek A, Pláil J, Sejkora J (2018) Thermodynamics, crystal chemistry and structural complexity of the Fe(SO4)(OH)(H2O)x phases: Fe(SO4)(OH), metahohmannite, butlerite, parabutlerite, amarantite, hohmannite, and fibroferrite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 259-275 | |
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