Amarantite R050153

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Name: Amarantite
RRUFF ID: R050153
Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O
Locality: Paposo, Antofagasta, Chile
Source: Jim McGlasson
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of red radiating platy crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Amarantite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050153.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Fe3+2.00(S1.00O4)2O·7H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050153
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 40% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050153.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050153.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.944(2)Å    b: 11.662(2)Å    c: 6.670(4)Å
alpha: 95.88(2)°    beta: 90.49(5)°    gamma: 97.24(4)°   Volume: 686.4(5)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Amarantite

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]

Frenzel A (1888) XVII. Mineralogisches. 10. Hohmannit. 11. Amarantit. 12. Vorkommnisse von Ehrenfriedersdorf, Mineralogische und Petrographische Mittheilungen, 9, 397-400   [view file]

Bandy M C (1932) Castanite from Chuquicamata, Chile, American Mineralogist, 17, 534-537   [view file]

Bandy M C (1938) Mineralogy of three sulphate deposits of Northern Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 669-760   [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]

Süsse P (1967) Crystal structure of amarantite, Naturwissenschaften, 54, 642-643

Süsse P (1968) The crystal structure of amarantite, Fe2(SO4)2O·7H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 261-275   [view file]

Giacovazzo C, Menchetti S (1969) Sulla struttura della amarantite, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 25, 399-406   [view file]

Bariand P, Cesbron F, Berthelon J-P (1977) Les sulfates de fer de Saghand près de Yazd (Iran), Mémoire Hors-Série de la Société Géologique de France, 8, 77-85   [view file]

Majzlan J, Dachs E, Benisek A, Plášil 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