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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) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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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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REFERENCES for Amarantite | |
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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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Frenzel A (1888) XVII. Mineralogisches. 10. Hohmannit. 11. Amarantit. 12. Vorkommnisse von Ehrenfriedersdorf, Mineralogische und Petrographische Mittheilungen, 9, 397-400 [view file] |
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Bandy M C (1932) Castanite from Chuquicamata, Chile, American Mineralogist, 17, 534-537 [view file] |
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Bandy M C (1938) Mineralogy of three sulphate deposits of Northern Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 669-760 [view file] |
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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] |
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Süsse P (1967) Crystal structure of amarantite, Naturwissenschaften, 54, 642-643 |
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Süsse P (1968) The crystal structure of amarantite, Fe2(SO4)2O·7H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 261-275 [view file] |
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Giacovazzo C, Menchetti S (1969) Sulla struttura della amarantite, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 25, 399-406 [view file] |
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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] |
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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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