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  • Jul 25, 2023
    • Alunite
      • IMA Number changed to "IMA1987 s.p."
  • Sep 6, 2020
    • Alunite
      • RRUFF Ideal Chemistry changed from "KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6" to "KAl3(S6+O4)2(OH)6"
  • May 4, 2012
    • Alunite
      • Mineral Comment changed from

        Originally called alumen deTolpha:
        Gesner C (1565) Alumen, in De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquot, plerique nunc primum editi, Excudebat Iacobus Gesnerus 11-13

        The mineral was named alunite in this publication:
        Beudant F S (1824) 22e espèce. Alunite., in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Chez Verdière, Libraire (Paris) 449-450

        to

        Originally called alumen de Tolpha:
        Gesner C (1565) Alumen, in De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquot, plerique nunc primum editi, Excudebat Iacobus Gesnerus 11-13

        The mineral was named alunite in this publication:
        Beudant F S (1824) 22e espèce. Alunite., in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Chez Verdière, Libraire (Paris) 449-450

  • Nov 5, 2010
    • Alunite
      • Mineral Comment changed to

        Originally called alumen deTolpha:
        Gesner C (1565) Alumen, in De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquot, plerique nunc primum editi, Excudebat Iacobus Gesnerus 11-13

        The mineral was named alunite in this publication:
        Beudant F S (1824) 22e espèce. Alunite., in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Chez Verdière, Libraire (Paris) 449-450

  • Jun 27, 2006
    • Alunite
      • IMA Ideal Chemistry changed to "KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6"