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Melanterite from
New York, USA


Locality type:State
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrrhotiteⓘ3 photos of Melanterite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Fluorapatite3 photos of Melanterite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:80011
Long-form Identifier:1:3:80011:8
GUID (UUID V4):4bd5694a-d6b5-4a59-a095-c610794533b1
Localities for Melanterite in this Region
New York City, New York, USA
Cicero clay pits, Cicero, Onondaga County, New York, USA
Red-Back Mine (Redback mine), Tuxedo Lake, Town of Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, USA
Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York, USA
Philips Mine (Philips Pyrite Mine; Anthony's Nose Pyrrhotite Mine), Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
Portland Point, Tompkins County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogist, Volume 90, pages 1518–1521, 2005 A new occurrence of xitieshanite [Fe3+(SO4)Cl⋅6H2O] crystals...University, Logan, Utah 84322-0730, U.S.A. ABSTRACT A new occurrence of the rare efflorescent sulfate mineral...second documented occurrence of the mineral, and is a new environment of deposition. Previously, xitieshanite...long, in some cases pseudomorphically replacing melanterite. This is the only documented occurrence of the... coquimbite, amarillite, sideronatrite, and melanterite (Li et al. 1983). Originally assigned a formula
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 (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...the host mineral. When distortion is too severe, a new structure is formed. For the M2+SO4·nH2O salts, increasing...Cu2+ (Aslanian and Balarew 1977). Melanterite group. Melanterite, FeSO4·7H2O, is one of the most common
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Diffraction and Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Melanterite, FeSO4 ·7H2O Maria Lacalamita 1 , Gennaro Ventruti...Diffraction and Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Melanterite, FeSO4 ·7H2 O. Minerals 2021, 11, 392. https://doi...+39-0805442596 Abstract: The thermal behavior of melanterite from the Fornovolasco mine (Tuscany, Italy) has...high-temperature infrared analysis confirmed that melanterite undergoes a three-step dehydration in the 25–300...with respect to the synthetic salt. Keywords: melanterite; Fornovolasco; Apuan Alps; thermal analysis;
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...2O ferricopiapite fcop Fe53+O(SO4)6OH·20H2O melanterite mel Fe2+SO4·7H2O ferrohexahydrite fhex Fe2+SO4·6H2O...fall near the most direct path leading from melanterite (mel) to goethite (goe). By examining the geochemistry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation-dissolution-precipitation cycle of melanterite at the abandoned pyrite mine of Genna Luas in...pyrite mine at Genna Luas (Sardinia, Italy), melanterite is the most environmentally important secondary...can be observed. The oxidation of pyrite to melanterite is related mainly to the ‘intrinsic’ features...cryptocrystalline pseudo-colloidal texture. During melanterite formation on pyrite there is transient storage...experiments have shown that the simple dissolution of melanterite is an acidity-generating process which affects
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONTENT AND DISTORTION IN THE ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF MELANTERITE FROM THE RICHMOND MINE, IRON MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA...synthetic samples of melanterite, (Fe,Cu)SO4 ‱7H2O, and six natural samples of melanterite and one of zinc-melanterite...zinc-melanterite from the Richmond mine, Iron Mountain, California, has been refined in space group P21/c...wide variation in the chemical composition of melanterite from this locality, but no strong correlation...wide range of colors exhibited by the material. Melanterite with a deep blue color could easily be confused
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geosciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, USA b Department of Astronomy...Ithaca, NY 14853, USA c University of Nevada, Reno, Geol. Sci., Reno, NV 89557, USA d Department of Geological...University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA e Lockheed Martin Corporation, Littleton, CO 80127, USA Institut für Anorganische...Brazil h Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO 80301, USA i Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Earth, Atmos...Atmos. and Planetary Sci., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA j Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, J. J. Becher-Weg 27
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
methods soon identified it as a member of the melanterite group of minerals. The data obtained did not..." It is the purpose of this paper to present the new data and to compare it with that already published...camera and rotation, I Referred to as cuprian melanterite in the abstract printed in t}re Proceed'ingsoJ...projection (top) and direct lattice (bottom) of melanterite and pisanite. The cell proposed in this paper...Berry (FeSOr THzO) 6 1r4.1r . 5 1 1 [ 2 .1 6 8 Melanterite, Dana (1951) 2.1629 | (t< tt Keating & Berry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zn, Ni) (Fig. 2) or melanterite (M = Fe, Cu, Co, Mn) (Fig. 3) group. The melanterite structure is known...goslarite and epsomite are orthorhombic and melanterite (FeSO4ÂŽ7H2O) is monoclinic, all three phases...goslarite-bianchite (Chou and Seal, 2001) and melanterite-rozenite (Chou et al ., 2002) have been determined...entire deuterated sample was powdered, therefore new crystals were required for the X-ray experiment when... FIG. 3. The structure and topology of zinc-melanterite, P21/c, (Zn,Fe,Cu)SO4ÂŽ7H2O (ATOMS 6.0, Dowty
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
altered waste, (2) cemented hardpan zone, (3) melanterite zone, (4) intermediate zone and (5) jarosite...jarosite. An intermediate stage, recorded in the melanterite and intermediate zones, is identified by the...the precipitation of Zn-, Cu- and Cdbearing melanterite. The intermediate stage of weathering continues...waste, sulfide oxidation, sequential extraction, melanterite, jarosite, Berikul gold mine, Kemerovo region...accumulated in the soluble Fe sulfate minerals such as melanterite, rozenite, copiapite and Map showing the location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anhydrite, anorthite, CO2(g), gypsum, halite, melanterite, and smithsonite. The results of analysis of...anhydrite, anorthite, CO2(g), gypsum, halite, melanterite, and smithsonite. Inferring the sources of solutes...Gypsum Halite Illite K-feldspar K-mica Kaolinite Melanterite Quartz Siderite Smithsonite Min Max Mean ...Gypsum Halite Illite K-feldspar K-mica Kaolinite Melanterite Quartz Siderite Smithsonite Group 2 Group 3-I...(Fig. 7c). The SI values of anorthite, halite, melanterite, and siderite are undersaturation in the three
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2006 Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO4·7H2O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their...Alpersite, Mg0.58Cu0.37Zn0.02Mn0.02Fe0.01SO4·7H2O, a new mineral species with direct relevance to reactions...Blue alpersite, which is isostructural with melanterite (FeSO4·7H2O), is overlain by a light blue to...with the site-distortion data of substituted melanterite. Cuprian pentahydrite, with the formula (Mg0...which solubilized Fe2+ is not available for melanterite crystallization because of oxidation to Fe3+
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Greece,contain halotrichite, alunogen, voltaite, melanterite, gypsum, and native S. The sulfate minerals were...Aggregatesof halotrichite, alunogen,voltaite, and melanterite have been observedin the oxidized zone of sulfide...com- exclusive occurrence of ferrous sulfate as melanterite posethehydratedsulfateaggregatesandtheloosematerialaround...diffractionanalysis.The rel(FeSO..7H,O), l8HrO),melanterite andgypsum(CaSO.'Zffr6. atively high values of...minerals halotrichite, alunogen,voltaite, and melanterite may be due to the decomposition of clay minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
such as melanterite [Fe2+SO4·7H2O]. Copper and Zn show extensive solid solution in the melanterite structure...Peterson 2002). Solid solution of Ni in the melanterite structure approaches 20 mol%, whereas that for...of cobalt sulfates Bieberite is a member of melanterite group, which consists of monoclinic (P21/c) sulfate...the type M2+SO4·7H2O, where M represents Fe (melanterite), Cu (boothite), Co (bieberite), Mn (mallardite)...are more common in nature than boothite and Zn-melanterite, which have been found only at a few localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences State University of New York College at New Paltz New Paltz, New York 12561 Abstract Locomotiveheat...Ontario. The material was identified as nickeloan melanterite [(Fe,Ni)SO. '7HrOl by X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive...is notable for three reasons. The end-members melanterite (FeSOo. THrO) and morenosite (NiSO4.7HrO) are...wtTo iron sul96E 969 RUTSTEIN: NICKELOAN MELANTERITE phate. The lack of summation to lOOTosuggeststhat...conclude that the stability field of rozenite and melanterite is a simple function of temperature and relative
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABSTR ACT The soluble metal sulphate salts melanterite, rozenite, rhomboclase, szomolnokite, copiapite...of the Rı́o Tinto during the summer period. Melanterite and rozenite precipitates at Rı́o Tinto are only...coquimbite, voltaite and gypsum. K EY WORDS : melanterite, rozenite, rhomboclase, szomolnokite, copiapite...Halotrichite Hexahydrite* Magnesiocopiapite Mallardite Melanterite Parabutlerite Rhomboclase* Rozenite* Szomolnokite*...river banks. These were known as ‘copperas’, (or melanterite from the Greek for ‘‘copper water’’) and were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Goslarite–bianchite...alteration minerals at abandoned metal mines include melanterite [FeSO4d 7H2O], rozenite [FeSO4d 4H2O], copiapite...Seal II / Chemical Geology 215 (2005) 517–523 melanterite in the mine workings. The ability model to quantitatively...yields a DG8xw, 298 K of 238.23 kJ mol1. For melanterite–rozenite and chalcanthite– bonattite equilibria...sulfates are expected to be dominated by either melanterite or rozenite, cupric sulfates are expected to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, USA b University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA c University of Bristol,...free energy and enthalpy data. New iron parameterizations added 23 new ferrous/ferric minerals to the...FREZCHEM model. This involved the incorporation of 23 new ferrous/ferric iron solid phases into the FREZCHEM...will not be discussed further in this paper. The new iron chemistries will be presented in three sections...Szomolnokite FeSO4ÆH2Oa Rozenite FeSO4Æ4H2O Melanterite FeSO4Æ7H2Oa FeSO4ÆNa2SO4Æ4H2O FeSO4K2SO46H2O
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Association (IMA) has a Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) which assumes...about a specimen before it can be accepted as a new mineral was a step in the right direction. It would...days, many of the “minerals” that were trumpeted as new turned out to be mixtures of already known minerals...miners had in mind for their slag heaps was to create new minerals in them. The IMA will sometimes allow authorization...responsible for the formation of a new material did not intend to create a new mineral. Possibly this was the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA b Lockheed Martin Corporation, Littleton, CO 80127, USA c Earth...Cambridge, MA 02139, USA d Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA e Institut für...Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA Accepted 22 September 2005 Available online 2 November...November 2005 Editor: A.N. Halliday Abstract New data returned from the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission...Mg, Ca, and Fe-sulfates such as jarosite and melanterite. Calculations that model diagenesis by fluid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PYRITIZED CARBONACEOUS SHAIE TO HALOTRICHITEAND MELANTERITE Cu.rnrrs B. Scren, BattelleMemorial Jnstilute...lath-shaped to tabular-vermiform crystals of melanterite [FeSOr.7HzO](Fig. 1). These minerals are intimately...halotrichite by Bauer and Sand (1957) and for melanterite on ASTM card 1-0255.A spectrographicanalysis...polished surface. In immersion mounts the tabular melanterite crystals appear as straight, hook-shaped,semicircular...Planepolarizedlight. X80. (Right) Curved tabular crystalsoi melanterite. Crossednicols.X80. angles (0o-12"), and positive
Journal (issue)
Mineralogy is published by the Mineralogical Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania...Photographic competition ................. 37 What's new in minerals .................... 39 Mineralogical...Cu3Al4(P04h(OH)1 2-2H20 Sieleckiite was described as a new mineral from Mt.Oxide by Birch et al (1988). It occurs...Birch, W. D. and Pring, A., 1988: Sieleckiite, a new copper aluminium phosphate from Mt Oxide, Queensland... F. and Permingeat, T., 1982: Natrodufrenite, a new mineral of the dufrenite group. Bulletin de Mineralogie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as the surface of Mars. Keywords: Mars, AMD, melanterite, pH, Mössbauer iNtroductioN The formation and...have reported that when natural or synthetic melanterite (Fe2+SO4·7H2O) is dissolved in water, a decrease...observed, which is dependent on the amount of melanterite dissolved (Frau 2000; Jerz and Rimstidt 2003;...initial pH values for deionized water of ~5.6, melanterite dissolution may decrease pH to values as low...suggested mechanism for acidity production by melanterite is Fe2+ hydrolysis (Frau 2000; Jerz and Rimstidt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Dept. of Geosciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook...Brook, NY 11794, USA Received 28 July 2008; accepted in revised form 6 November 2008; available online...highlands (Osterloo et al., 2008) combined with new orbital detections of Fe-sulfate minerals in association...of brines that form martian evaporite minerals, new constraints may be placed on the habitability of...mixed-valence Fe-sulfate), which, in turn, would prevent melanterite from forming. Although the formation and subsequent
 
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