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Pickeringite from
Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Pickeringite
Formula:MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pickeringite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:26043
Long-form Identifier:1:3:26043:5
GUID (UUID V4):d7242a46-1ace-4017-a20b-8a7a9be5df63
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND ROLE AS A SOlL MINERAL AT ALUM CAVE BLUFF, TENNESSEEt DONALD I R. PEACOR,I ROLAND ...Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA 26324 Sandchain Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, USA Abstract-A new occurrence...is described from Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, where it occurs in...associated with other hydrated sulfates such as pickeringite-apjohnite. Destinezite is triclinic, pI, with...unreported locality, Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee (Coskren and Lauf
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Uher, S. Michal & J. Vitdlos The minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, T ennessee...........Sodalite, elongated, twinned crystal, 2.8 mm long, from Cave San Vito, Monte Somma, Napoli, Campania, Italy....National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6085 A lu m C ave Bluff, a D a n a locality fo r apjohnite...apjohnite, epsomite, melanterite and potash alum , has yielded good microcrystals o f several rare sulfate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth...Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Weathering of metal-sulfide...the Copper Basin (Ducktown) mining district of Tennessee, and where sulfide-bearing metamorphic rocks undisturbed...Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Dissolution experiments on composite salt samples...minerals; Mineralogy; Acid rock drainage; Eastern USA 1. Introduction Secondary sulfate minerals play
Report (issue)
Potassium alum KAl(SO4)2 • 12H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic...solfataric precipitate. Association: Alunogen, pickeringite, epsomite, melanterite, gypsum, sulfur. Distribution:...Bavaria. From Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. In the USA, in California, at the Sulfur Bank cinnabar mine...from Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee. Noted in a number of caves, as at the Mbobo Mkulu Cave, near...Germany. Name: For its content of potassium and as an alum, alumen, Pliny, part. References: (1) Palache,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/01 $20.00 ⫹ .00 Pergamon...Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, USA 2 6324 Sandchain Road, Columbia, MD 21045, USA 3 Metals & Ceramics Division...Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA (Received March 23, 2000; accepted in revised form...evaporite assemblage at Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Electron microprobe...evaporite assemblage at Alum Cave Bluff (ACB), Great Smoky Mountains Park, Tennessee, Coskren and Lauf (1996)
Report (issue)
00 (1) Pintado Canyon, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USA. (2) Al2 (SO4 )3 • 17H2 O. Occurrence: Forms by reaction...Association: Pyrite, marcasite, halotrichite, pickeringite, epsomite, alum, melanterite, gypsum. Distribution:...In the USA, abundant at Smoky Mountain, Jackson Co., North Carolina; at Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee;...Tennessee; extensive deposits in the Alum Mountain district, Grant Co., New Mexico; at The Geysers, Sonoma...South Wales, Australia. Name: From the Latin for alum and the Greek for to make. References: (1) Palache
Report (issue)
slates. Association: gypsum. Halotrichite, pickeringite, fibroferrite, copiapite, melanterite, epsomite...Juan Province, Argentina. At Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA. Name: In honor of František
Report (issue)
acting on earlier phosphates, may be post-mine; in cave deposits, the phosphate derived from guano; widespread...El Laco volcano. Association: Pickeringite-apjohnite (Alum Cave Bluff); hematite (El Laco volcano). Distribution:...Belgium [TL] and Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA. At the El Laco...structure and role as a soil mineral at Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee. Clays Clay Minerals, 47, 1-11. (3) (1999)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Territory, Canada (Van Tassel 1972); and Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee (Coskren and Lauf 2000; Hammarstrom et...rocks. It may be associated with halotrichite, pickeringite, fibroferrite, botryogen, copiapite, jarosite...magnesio- and alumino-copiapite, fibroferrite, pickeringite, slavikite, gypsum, epsomite, melanterite, and...is invariably accompanied by a few percent of pickeringite, gypsum, or fibroferrite. Slavikite also occurs...an admixture in aggregates of fibroferrite, pickeringite, and other sulfate minerals. Slavikite aggregates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Cl is the major anion. The minerals of the pickeringite–halotrichite series with coexisting magnesiocopiapite...magnesiocopiapite, metasideronatrite, natrojarosite, pickeringite, rozenite, sideronatrite, siderotil, starkeyite...(1999) described the occurrence of halotrichite, pickeringite, melanterite, tamarugite and Mg- and/or Fe3+-rich...jarosite, gypsum, hexahydrite, alunogen and pickeringite in outcrops of Carboniferous rocks at Landek...could only be performed for the minerals of the pickeringite halotrichite series. The observations and analyses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
containing admixtures of slavikite, gypsum and pickeringite. The subsequent correction of the chemical analysis...analysis by extracting both sulfates, gypsum and pickeringite, could easily result in an underestimation of...R. J. (2000). Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff: Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31...Parafiniuk, J. (1991). Fibroferrite, slavikite and pickeringite from the oxidation zone of pyrite-bearing schists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
São José de Brejaúba, Conceição do Mato Dentro County, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Occurrence: Associated minerals...ONOCLINIC Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, U.S.A. Occurrence:...zugshunstite-(Ce), melanterite, halotrichite, pickeringite, apjohnite, epsomite and other hydrated sulfates...ONOCLINIC Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, U.S.A. Occurrence:... levinsonite(Y), melanterite, halotrichite, pickeringite, apjohnite, epsomite and other hydrated sulfates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the presence of gypsum, melanterite, halotrichite, alum-(K), goslarite, and, possibly, coquimbite. Since...ore deposits of the southern Apuan Alps. Mineral Alum-(K) Alunogen Anhydrite Copiapite group Coquimbite...Khademite Krausite Magnanelliite Melanterite Pickeringite Rhomboclase Römerite Scordariite Volaschioite...members of their own group or subgroup. 3.1. Alum-(K) Alum-(K), ideally KAl(SO4 )2 (H2 O)12 , is a common...S-bearing vapors in fumaroles [14]. It belongs to the alum group, a series of minerals and synthetic compounds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 THE FENGJIASHAN WOLLASTONITE MINE, DAYE COUNTY, HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA. B. Ottens, Klingenbrun-Banhof...visited the Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine in Daye County, and a huge number of well-developed minerals have...WISCONSIN MINERALS FROM THE NINE MILE PLUTON, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...ferberite-hübnerite from the Nine Mile pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Program notes. In 31st Rochester Mineralogical...THE BOWER POWERS FARM, PIERREPONT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S. C. Chamberlain, Center for Mineralogy
Show/Event (guide)
2:45 R a r e - e a r t h mineralogy of the Mohave County pegmatites, NW Arizona byS.L. Hanson, A U. Falam;...Fremont County, CObyM. I. Jacobson,.1, W Nizamoff,A. U. Falster and IV. B. Simmons 4:30 A l u m Cave Bluff...10:30 T h e Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine, Daye County, Hubei Province, China by B. Opens 10:45 N e w...Wisconsin minerals from the Nine Mile Pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin by T W BuchholzA. U. Falster and WB...District in the town of Parishville, St. Lawrence County,NewYork. Mike earned a bachelor's degree in geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
parabutlerite, goslarite, gypsum, epsomite, pickeringite, coquimbite, jarosite, natroalunite, hexaydrite...structure and role as a soil mineral at Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee. Clays and Clay Minerals, 47, 1 11. Paktunc
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...found. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has an interesting specimen consisting of fractured...Anthony Kampf (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) for reviewing the manuscript, and for graciously...largest of which is the Xikuangshan mine in Xinhua County. Other deposits are found in the provinces of Guangdong...was established in the mid-1980’s by the Wuling County government, which owned the mine until 1998. Since
Book (edition)
Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...accessed through an impressive manmade "natural cave:' Portions of the collection are often displayed...were designed by a team from the NMNH. A natural cave display is a great educational tool. This collection...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality
Report (chapter)
anions of the sulfate group. The structure of sodium alum, Na{Al(H2O)6}(SO4)2(H2O)6, consists of {Al(H2O)6}...and (MØ6) octahedra: (a) cyanochroite; (b) sodium alum; (c) tamarugite, with Na atoms shown as circles;...(7) matteuccite (14) pentahydrite (8) sodium alum (6) yavapaite (11) melanterite (5) peretaite...starkeyite (7) zincocopiapite (8) mercallite (14) pickeringite (7) sturmanite (6) zincosite (12) mereiterite... szomolnokite (12) minasragrite (7) potassium alum (6) tamarugite (6) mineevite-(Y) (14) poughite
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite...phonolites, rhyolites, and their lavas in Sonoma County, California, in the Picture Gorge basalt, Wheeler
Report (volume)
anions of the sulfate group. The structure of sodium alum, Na{Al(H2O)6}(SO4)2(H2O)6, consists of {Al(H2O)6}...and (MØ6) octahedra: (a) cyanochroite; (b) sodium alum; (c) tamarugite, with Na atoms shown as circles;...(7) matteuccite (14) pentahydrite (8) sodium alum (6) yavapaite (11) melanterite (5) peretaite...starkeyite (7) zincocopiapite (8) mercallite (14) pickeringite (7) sturmanite (6) zincosite (12) mereiterite... szomolnokite (12) minasragrite (7) potassium alum (6) tamarugite (6) mineevite-(Y) (14) poughite
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Council of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and was instrumental in the growth of the Museum’s...July–August, 2003 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Fax: (213) 749-4107 Website: http://nhm.org/minsci...oxide-coated matrix. Colorless crystals of potassium alum are not uncommon. Several other sulfates are also...Other fumarolic minerals present include potassium alum, as sharp, complex colorless crystals and as colorless
Book
(+31) (0)475 561660 Rest of the world: pshire, USA UPNE, Lebanon, New Ham ) .com pne w.u (ww Design...magnesium silicate was named attapulgite in the USA (after the town Attapulgus, Georgia) and palygorskite...on the web by Materials Data Inc., Livermore, CA, USA (www. materialsdata.com). 2.d. For evident reasons...( 1 920). In this capacity, he travelled to the USA, the Middle East, North Africa and Romania. Next...structure and role as a soil mineral at Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee. Clays and Clay Miner, 1 -1 1 . Grice
Journal (issue)
Descubridora (“Discovery Hole”) opening directly under the bluff and near the bottom of the arroyo, is easily imagined...thus resemble fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; some crystals exhibit a beautiful spiraling pattern...collected in the Platosa mine: these came from a gypsum cave encountered in the mine workings, where swordshaped...hexahydrite, bianchite, epsomite, goslarite, pickeringite and halotrichite; these have crystallized as...arseniosiderite, from the Ojuela mine. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History collection; Anthony Kampf
 
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