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Ammonioalunite from
The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA


Locality type:Geothermal Field
Classification
Species:Ammonioalunite
Formula:(NH4)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments:Discovered and described by Altaner et al (1988) from a single specimen in the Smithsonian Museum (NMNH 145596) where it was idetified in a physical mixture of ammonioalunite, ammoniojarosite, and amorphous silica.
Colour:grayish white
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ammonioalunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:526
Long-form Identifier:1:3:526:3
GUID (UUID V4):4827d82f-ab61-40e4-84e5-6d6e8e4f835b
Nearest other occurrences of Ammonioalunite
38.3km (23.8 miles) McLaughlin Mine (Manhattan Mine), Knoxville, Knoxville Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral, ammonioalunite [ideal composition NHuAl3(SOo)r(O]I)J,has been found in a sample from the hot-springs...hot-springs setting at The Geysers (Sonoma County), California. (NHo)rO,0. l9olo AlrOr, 36.00/oSOr, 12.24o/oHrO... After subtraction of the silica as an amorphous impurity, the mineral has the following chemical formula:...assuming a stoichiometric sulfate content. Within the analytical uncertainties,this analysis approximates...composition. Synthetic ammonioalunite has high HrO and low Al and NHo contents and yields the following chemical
Report (issue)
Ammonioalunite (NH4 )Al3 (SO4 )2 (OH)6 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...Cleavage: On [{0001}, perfect.] (by analogy with the alunite group). Hardness = 2–3 D(meas.) = 2.4 D(calc...17.855(5) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: The Geysers, California, USA. 3.023 (100), 5.04 (93), 2.996 (50)...13.75 Total 98.6 [100.00] 100.00 (1) The Geysers, California, USA; by inductively coupled Ar-plasma spectrometry...Ammoniojarosite, amorphous SiO2 . From The Geysers, Sonoma Co., California, USA. As the ammonium analog of alunite
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circulation manager for rates.) • Individuals (outside the U.S.): $39 for one year, $75 for two years. (Airmail...Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California .................................G. E. Dunning & J. E. Cooper, Jr. Mineralogy of the Sanford vesuvianite d e p o sit....................discoveries from the Wessels mine, South Africa ............365 by J. Gutzmer & B. Cairncross The Parker mine...H. Glenn & R. W. Fisher The second list of additions and corrections to the Glossary of Mineral Species
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Range I 396 ROCKS & MINERALS Modoc Plateau / THE MINERALS Downloaded by [McGill University Library]...though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also be called the Benitoite State, the Tourmaline...Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources of...else. This article presents an overview of some of the most significant or unusual specimen sources arranged...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult theCalifornia Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
427–441 The crystal structure of ammoniojarosite, (NH4)Fe3(SO4)2(OH)6 and the crystal chemistry of the ammoniojarosite...September 2007; Accepted 9 December 2007] ABSTR ACT The atomic structure of ammoniojarosite, [(NH4)Fe3(SO4)2(OH)6]...to wR 3.64% and R 1.4%. The atomic coordinates of the hydrogen atoms of the NH4 group were located and...and it was found that the ammonium group has two different orientations with equal probability. Hydronium...jarosite group mineral structures and samples in the ammoniojarosite hydronium jarosite solid-solution
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010, Vol. 74(4), pp. 731–745 Minerals of the ammonioalunite ammoniojarosite series formed on a burning...2010; Accepted 7 September 2010] ABSTR ACT Ammonioalunite, ammoniojarosite and their solid-solution series...analysis methods. The minerals occur as yellow, fine-grained crusts and botryoidal masses in the outer part...part of a sulphate crust found ~1 m below the surface. The crust is composed mainly of godovikovite and tschermigite...materials beneath the surface of the burning coal dump at temperatures of at least 80 100ºC. The crystals often
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(NH4)2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12(H2O)18, a new mineral from the SeveroKambalny geothermal field, Kamchatka, Russia...is a new voltaite-group mineral. The mineral was discovered at the Severo-Kambalny (North-Kambalny) geothermal...Magazine. This version may be subject to change during the production process. DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2017.081...nor parting is found, the fracture is conchoidal. The mineral is isotropic, the refractive index n =1...absorption band at 1433 cm-1 distinctive for the ammonium ion. The chemical composition is (iron content is
Report (chapter)
Application in Hydrometallurgy John E. Dutrizac Mining and Mineral Science Laboratories CANMET, Natural...1Z4 INTRODUCTION The alunite supergroup consists of more than 40 minerals with the general formula DG3(TO4)2(OH...(Smith et al. 1998). The supergroup is commonly subdivided into various groups, but the simplest primary...subdivision is on the basis of the G cations. For all of the minerals in the supergroup, the dominant G cation...trivalent; most of the minerals have G represented by Fe3+ or Al3+, but exceptions are the rare minerals gallobeudantite
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SPECIES 2008 Malcolm E. Back and Joseph A. Mandarino The Mineralogical RecordIne. Tucson This is an alphabeticallist...alphabeticallist, as of December I, 2007. of the names, symmetry. and chemical compositionsof mineralspecies...retrievalsystems-without wriuen permission from the copyright holder is strictly prohibited. Orderfrom:... Preface As I writc thc prcfacc to thc I 0th edition of The Fleischer s Glossary of Mineral Species, I do so...projects, including the International Encyclopedia of Minerals and the next edition of the Glossary, Joe asked
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