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Tschermigite from
Serpents cave, Aix-les-Bains, Chambéry, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Tschermigite
Formula:(NH4)Al(SO4)2 · 12H2O
Comments:Growing on aluminium door
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tschermigite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Serpents cave, Aix-les-Bains, Chambéry, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:608220
Long-form Identifier:1:3:608220:8
GUID (UUID V4):2928a600-9a42-42c7-8a77-507882e8d151
References
Audra, P. and Hobléa, F. (2007): The first cave occurence of jurbanite [Al(OHSO4)·5H2O, associated with alunogen [Al2(SO4)3·17H2O] and tschermigite [NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O]: thermal-sulfidic serpents cave, France. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 69, 243–249.
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Onac, B. P., Effenberger, H. S., Wynn, J. G., Povara, I. (2013) Rapidcreekite in the sulfuric acid weathering environment of Diana Cave, Romania. American Mineralogist, 98 (7) 1302-1309 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4452
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the sulfuric acid weathering environment of Diana Cave, Romania Bogdan P. Onac,1,2,* Herta S. Effenberger...31, 010986 Bucharest, Romania Abstract The Diana Cave in SW Romania develops along a fault line and hosts...water to condensate on the walls and ceiling of the cave. The sulfuric acid produced by H2S oxidation/hydrolysis... causes a strong acid-sulfate weathering of the cave bedrock generating a sulfate-dominated mineral assemblage...d34S and d18O values of rapidcreekite and other cave sulfates range from 18 to 19.5‰ CDT and from –9
Kahlenberg, Volker, Braun, Doris E., Orlova, Maria (2015) Investigations on alunogen under Mars-relevant temperature conditions: An example for a single-crystal-to-single-crystal phase transition. American Mineralogist, 100 (11) 2548-2558 doi:10.2138/am-2015-5342
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
release of H2S from sulfidic springs (Serpent cave, France; Audra and Hobléa 2007). Moreover, hydrous sulfates...England. Audra, P., and Hobléa, F. (2007) The first cave occurence of jurbanite [Al(OHSO4)·5H2O, associated...[Al2(SO4)3·17H2O] and tschermigite [NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O]: Thermal-sulfidic Serpents Cave, France. Journal of Cave and Karst
 
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