Halotrichite R070673

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Name: Halotrichite
RRUFF ID: R070673
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O
Locality: Orphan mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Source: Malcolm Alter [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Loose aggregates of pale blue silky fibers
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Halotrichite (7) ]
Quick search: [ All Halotrichite samples (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070673.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Fe0.98Ni0.02)Σ=1Al2.00(S1.00O4)4·22H2O; H2O estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070673
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070673.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.203(7)Å    b: 24.32(3)Å    c: 21.32(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 100.37(3)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 3165(18)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Halotrichite

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]

Scopoli J A (1777) Basi Metallica. Halotrichum, in Fundementa Chemiae Wolfgangum Gerle Prague 23-27   [view file]

Glocker E F (1839) 18. Halotrichit, in Grundrib der Mineralogie, mit Einschlub der Geognosie und Petrefactenkunde Schrag Nurnberg 691-691   [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]

Cody R D, Biggs D L (1973) Halotrichite, szomolnokite, and rozenite from Dolliver State Park, Iowa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 958-970   [view file]

Lovas G A (1986) Structural study of halotrichite from Recsk (Mátra Mts., N-Hungary), Acta Geologica Hungarica, 29, 389-398

Williams S A, Cesbron F P (1995) Wupatkiite from the Cameron Uranium District, Arizona, a new member of the halotrichite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 553-556   [view file]

Frost R L, Wills R, Weier M L, Martens W (2005) Comparison of the Raman spectra of natural and synthetic K- and Na-jarosites at 298 and 77 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 36, 435-444

Mauro D, Biagioni C, Pasero M, Skogby H (2019) Crystal-chemistry of sulfates From the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). III. Mg-rich sulfate assemblages from the Fornovolasco mining complex, Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 126, 33-44

Zhitova E S, Sheveleva R M, Zolotarev A A, Krivovichev S V, Shilovskikh V V, Nuzhdaev A A, Nazarova M A (2023) The crystal structure of magnesian halotrichite, (Fe,Mg)Al2(SO4)4·22H2O: hydrogen bonding, geometrical parameters and structural complexity, Journal of Geosciences, 68, 163-178   [view file]