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Melanterite from
Indiana, USA


Locality type:State
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Indiana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:134379
Long-form Identifier:1:3:134379:3
GUID (UUID V4):758b1c0e-7c17-4210-b128-5772d7e56a83
Localities for Melanterite in this Region
Carroll County, Indiana, USA
Copperas banks, Clark County, Indiana, USA
Crawford County, Indiana, USA
Copperas Banks, Floyd County, Indiana, USA
Morgan Coal Co. pit, Fountain County, Indiana, USA
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA
Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA
Brooklyn (Morgan County Clay Mine; General Shale Pit & Mill), Morgan County, Indiana, USA
Indiana 67 roadcut, Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana, USA
Roaring Creek, Parke County, Indiana, USA
Indiana 66 roadcut, Troy, Perry County, Indiana, USA
Enos Coal Mining Co. pit, Spurgeon, Pike County, Indiana, USA
Vulcan Materials Company Quarry - Francesville Plant, Francesville, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Green Valley coal mine site, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
Heller Stone Co. quarry, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acid-mine seepways, Green Valley, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. ERIK MELCHIORRE,1,* JAMES MILLS JR.,2 DEBORAH...Geosciences, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana 46135, U.S.A. 3 Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Reclamation...Reclamation Division, Jasonville, Indiana 47438, U.S.A. 4 Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology...drainage (AMD) flows at Green Valley, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. This represents only the second documented...long, in some cases pseudomorphically replacing melanterite. This is the only documented occurrence of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(alunogen, Al2(SO4)3·17H2O), Fe (copiapite, Fe2+Fe3+ melanterite Fe2+SO4·7H2O) and Mg (hexahydrite, 4 (SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O...precipitation of Al and Mg sulfate salts, together with melanterite, was observed until the second week of the experiment...other minerals such as hexahydrite, alunogen and melanterite. A metal partitioning pattern was observed during...sequence. Fesulfate minerals (e.g., copiapite and melanterite) present a higher affinity for Cu, Y and Th (and...jarosite) or as soluble evaporitic salts (e.g., melanterite, copiapite, alunogen, hexahydrite, etc.) forming
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...primarily the highly soluble members of the melanterite, rozenite, epsomite, halotrichite, and copiapite...minerals; Mineralogy; Acid rock drainage; Eastern USA 1. Introduction Secondary sulfate minerals play...environments include: (1) monoclinic sulfates of the melanterite group, having the general formula M2+SO4d 7H2O
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF INDIANA by RICHARD C. ERD AND SEYMOUR S. GREENBERG Indiana Department of Conservation GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Bulletin No. 18 1960 STATE OF INDIANA HAROLD W. HANDLEY, GOVERNOR DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...________________________________ MINERALS OF INDIANA BY RICHARD C. ERD AND SEYMOUR S. GREENBERG PRINTED...PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA September 1060 _____________________...______________ For sale by Geological Survey, Indiana Department of Conservation, Bloomington, Ind. Price
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
marcasite + melanterite, which eventually oxidizes to melanterite + sulfuric acid. Melanterite is extruded...pit face, where they evaporate to form melanterite. The melanterite rapidly dehydrates to form rozenite...falls into a pile at the base of the wall, where melanterite, copiapite, and halotrichite are present. The...University, 602 South College Avenue, Greencastle, Indiana 46135, U.S.A. E-mail: jjerz@depauw.edu 0003-004X/03/1112–1919$05...2O ferricopiapite fcop Fe53+O(SO4)6OH·20H2O melanterite mel Fe2+SO4·7H2O ferrohexahydrite fhex Fe2+SO4·6H2O
Report (chapter)
efflorescent salts atramentum sutorium virida or melanterite (also called melanteria) and atramentum sutorium...Secundus, 23-79 CE), the names “green vitriol” for melanterite and “blue vitr iol” for chalcanthite were in...acidity of the mother liquor is increased. The melanterite and epsomite groups are both heptahydrates that...Cu2+ (Aslanian and Balarew 1977). Melanterite group. Melanterite, FeSO4·7H2O, is one of the most common...70:24:6, from Alameda County, California, gave a melanterite-type X-ray pattern upon artificial hydration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at seepage zones were identified, including melanterite, rozenite, halotrichite, chalcanthite, alpersite... modeling, efflorescent minerals, copiapite, melanterite, jurbanite, metals, Sherritt–Gordon Zn–Cu Mine...sulfate salts include Iron Mountain, California, USA (Nordstrom & Alpers 1999, Nordstrom et al. 2000,...2013); southeastern USA (Jerz & Rimstidt 2003, Hammarstrom et al. 2005); Nevada, USA (Peterson et al. 2006);...hardpan are mainly composed of the Fe(II) minerals melanterite and rozenite, with gypsum and lesser amounts
Report (issue)
Association: Delvauxite, vashegyite, pitticite, melanterite, vivianite, wavellite, leucophosphite, phosphosiderite...At Leoben, Austria. In the USA, from near Bethel Church, Pike Co., Indiana; at a coal mine in Jackson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jersey climate by acquiring a coat-, ing of melanterite. This produces an additional mineral which may...now honessite, a complex nickel sulfate. Yes, melanterite exists on some of my Halls Gap specimens also... the Mid­ west Federation Show in South Bend, Indiana, the New Jersey Earth Science Association Show
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jersey climate by acquiring a coat-, ing of melanterite. This produces an additional mineral which may...now honessite, a complex nickel sulfate. Yes, melanterite exists on some of my Halls Gap specimens also... the Mid­ west Federation Show in South Bend, Indiana, the New Jersey Earth Science Association Show
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
while those in coalified trunk samples include melanterite, pyrite, and gypsum, with traces of chlorite...spectrometer (GA-AAS, LECO Corporation, St. Joseph, CA, USA). 4. Results 4.1. Coal Characterization Results from... albite; Py,albite; pyrite; Py, Mlt,pyrite; melanterite; Mnt,montmorillonite; montmorillonite; Illite;...microcline; Ab, Mlt, Gp, gypsum; nd, no data. melanterite; Gp, gypsum; nd, no data. Figure 5. Vertical...present in the coalified trunk samples are mainly melanterite (16.4%), and to a lesser extent, pyrite (5.9%)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Barnes Route 1, Lovilia states that marcasite and melanterite can be found on the spoils of an old strip mine...Marcasite (iron disulfide) readily alters to melanterite which is hydrous iron sulfate. Mr. Barnes recommends...spotted on it. Sent in by Nicholas and Sons, Kokomo, Indiana. MORRILL COLLECTION AT DARTMOUTH An exhibition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
locality. INDIANA — Harry Sering, 350 S. Fenton, Indianapolis 19, Ind., who specializes in Indiana calcites...from Cave Stone Quarry, Norristown (Shelby Co.), Indiana." The specimen consists of lustrous golden-brown...Ohio. The soft, yellow, rough earthy mass is melanterite, a hydrous iron sulfate. OKLAHOMA — "My wife...West Hazleton, Penn. The white frothy mass is melanterite, a hydrous iron sulfate. RHODE ISLAND — "This
Report (issue)
QUALITY: RESEARCH AND CASE HISTORIES FROM INDIANA Indiana Geological Survey Staff Administration 812...Richard L. Powell Licia A. Weber (GS Indiana Geological Survey | Indiana University 611 N. Walnut Grove Ave...AND CASE HISTORIES FROM INDIANA Y INDIANA IA I T IN D Bloomington, Indiana: 2012 IC A L LOG SU...SU EO 1837 EY RV Indiana University Indiana Geological Survey Special Report 72 G Edited by John B...Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Indiana University Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
America 101518'hSthWSte601 Washington,DC 20036-5212 USA phone: 202-775-4344 fax: 202-775-0018 website: www...Hillisrobus, Utah, 236 History and Mineralogy of the Indiana Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, T. Rosemeyer...Scovil, 139 Meieren collection, donation, 362 Melanterite, Colorado, 315 Menezes, L. A., see In Memoriam...artist Bell-Hanson, 190-91; datolite, 170-88; Indiana mine, 336-45 Microcline, California, 161 Micromineral...19 Rosemeyer, T., History and Mineralogy of the Indiana Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, 336-46; The Occurrence
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States INDIANA The geologic formations of the Hoosier State are...igneous or metamorphic rock outcrops in Indiana. 181 Indiana The four great periods of glaciations of...contains what few gems and minerals there are in Indiana, mainly agate, jasper, fossilized corals and petrified...many false reports and legends of Lead mines in Indiana. The moraines of thrice glaciated Morgan Co. yield...flint, Epsomite (beautifully crystallized). 183 Indiana DEARBORN COUNTY WEISBURG, area RR and rd. cuts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IN NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY, INDIANA with reference to other Indiana localities PART 2 By DAVID F. HESS...Grove Cts., Bloomington, Indiana. 47401 Students, Department of Geology, Indiana University Downloaded...sphalerite are found at many localities in southern Indiana. The largest crystals known to the aut h o r arf...constituent of many of the shales and carbonate rocks in Indiana. Pyrite-marcasite concretions weighing one half...) . n H 2 0 . Goethite is a common mineral in Indiana. Fine black xls and xl groups, generally quite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
State Park 201 West Riverside Drive Clarksville, Indiana 47129 agoldstein@dnr.in.gov Figure 1. Twinned calcite...the Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Indiana. 420 ROCKS & MINERALS largely efflorescent sulfates...copiapite, goethite, halotrichite, marcasite, melanterite, and pyrite. Kentucky has extensive deposits...copiapite, goethite, halotrichite, marcasite, melanterite, pyrite. U.S. 31 E–U.S. 150 road cut, 3.2 mi...copiapite, goethite, halotrichite, marcasite, melanterite, pyrite. Swinebroad, White, and Kenton vein exposures
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
galena, gypsum, hematite, magnetite, malachite, melanterite, millerite, pyrite, quartz (chert, Lake Superior...kaolinite, marcasite (more abundant than pyrite), melanterite, millerite, opal, pyrite, quartz (agate, chert...Interstate Group, includes Berry, Cox, Dubois, Gibbon, Indiana, Interstate, Martin, Miller, Preen, Twitchell,...crystalline coatings on galena and other minerals), melanterite, millerite, montmorillonite (zincian), muscovite...fluorite (rare, as fracture coatings), jarosite, melanterite, pyrite (crystals, octahedral and combinations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
goethite, gypsum, hematite, jarosite, kierserite, melanterite, illite, natrojarosite, pyrite, quartz and vermiculite...of hydrous Fe sulphates including copiapite, melanterite, natrojarosite and rozenite, as well as other...hydronium jarosite, ferrohexahydrite, copiapite, melanterite and rozenite also reported in that section and... This has been discussed in the literature: melanterite, for example, has been shown to contain up to...to 2 mol.% Mg (Alpers ., 1994), melanterite, rozenite and copiapite, several mol.% of Mg (Jerz and Rimstidt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals in Seelyville Coal III, Chinook Mine, Indiana N. Z. Boctor, G. Kullerud, and J. L. Sweany Department...West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 Sulfide minerals in coal bed III at the Chinook Mine, Indiana, are pyrite...during coalification. Two of the mined coal beds in Indiana, namely the Seelyville Coal III and the Springfield..._C_l_o_y_Count ,t, TION T9N Indiana I" . . . . . . I/ ] 2/ / / Fig. i. Map of Indiana showing County and...Mine, Clay County, Indiana (Fig. i). GEOLOGICAL SETTING The coal beds of Indiana lie on the east flank
Journal (issue)
3 museums. Visitors from Florida, California, Indiana,, and two from,Denmark were eclipsed by a visitor...'. Melanterite/Rozenite Recent studies by Canadian and Iowa State mineralogists on melanterite and other...other sulphates suggest that all melanterite specimens be reexamined. Abstract follows of the paper "Halotrichite...have previous been considered to consist of melanterite. X ray diffraction, infra red absorption, and... 4.0 International License. Melanterite/Rozenite (Cont.) Melanterite may occur in place of the lower
Report (issue)
townships of Will County and a portion of Lake County, Indiana. While it is not a locality notable for its mineral...decomposition, when they yield white efflorescences of melanterite. Further, the sedimentary formations the Niagara...evident frequently only after the formation of melanterite. This mineral covers the peat like frost. Likewise...formed white filaments of melanterite which change into mass consisting of melanterite (FeSO 4 + ; H 2 O) copiapite...the normal hydrous group, namely, gypsum and melanterite. CaSO 4 +2H 2 O. Gypsum. Monoclinic. This
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in northwest edge of Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana. I am not sure if this quarry is still in operation...product — tiny, slender, colorless needles of melanterite. Did we throw this material away? Oh, no. W e...e put it all in a bottle and labeled it—melanterite altered from pyrite, original pyrite found near Alvord...Alvord, Wise Co., Texas. The melanterite formed in Peekskill, Westchester Co., N . Y. UTAH—"I read in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mica schist. Another interesting mineral is melanterite which occurs as tiny white to yellowish concretionary...from a quarry about two miles north of Corydon, Indiana. This is a very large, privately owned quarry,...Corydon, in central Harrison County, is in southern Indiana. KANSAS—"Under separate cover I am sending you
 
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