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Name: Römerite RRUFF ID: R060238 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O Locality: Dexter no. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 15636 Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange color massive blebs associated with voltaite (R060237) and coquimbite (R060638). Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Romerite (2) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Römerite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060238.9 | |||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
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a: 6.4537(3)Å b: 15.3157(6)Å c: 6.3209(2)Å alpha: 90.049(3)° beta: 100.976(3)° gamma: 85.849(3)° Volume: 611.69(4)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Römerite | |
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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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Grailich J (1858) Der Römerit, ein neues Mineral aus dem Rammelsberge, nebst Bemerkungen über die Bleiglätte, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 28, 272-288 [view file] |
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Blaas J (1883) Über Roemerit, Botryogen und natürlichen Magnesia-Eisenvitriol, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 88, 1121-1137 [view file] |
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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] |
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Landon R E (1927) Roemerite from California, American Mineralogist, 12, 279-283 [view file] |
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Van Loan P R, Nuffield E W (1959) An X-ray study of roemerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 348-356 [view file] |
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Oleinikov B V, Shvartsev S L (1968) Contemporary sulfate formation in the zone of oxidation of pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite hydrothermal ores, northwestern Siberian Platform, Geologiya i Geofizika, 6, 15-25 [view file] |
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Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zanazzi P F (1970) The crystal structure of roemerite, American Mineralogist, 55, 78-89 [view file] |
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Wang Q, Li W (1988) Crystal structure of a new ferric sulfate mineral, Kexue Tongbao, 33, 1783-1787 [view file] |
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Westland R E (2012) New phases in the hydrous ferric sulfate system, a supporting argument that the mineral lausenite is of formula Fe2(SO4)3∙5H2O and the crystal structure refinement and hydrogen bonding scheme of the minerals quenstedtite and romerite, in Master's thesis Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada 161 pp. [view file] |
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Mauro D, Biagioni C, Pasero M, Zaccarini F (2019) Crystal-chemistry of sulfates from Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). II. Crystal structure and hydrogen bonding system of römerite, Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4(H2O)14, Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 125, 5-11 |
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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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