Classification of Clinoungemachite |
| IMA status: | Questionable/Doubtful |
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| Strunz 8th edition ID: | 6/D.16-30
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| Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID: | 7.DG.10
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates) D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O G : With large and medium-sized cations; with NO3, CO3, B(OH)4, SiO4 or IO3 |
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| Dana 8th edition ID: | 31.7.3.1
31 : HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN 7 : (AB)2(XO4)Zq·xH2O |
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Type Occurrence of Clinoungemachite |
| Type Locality: | Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
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| Geological Setting of type material: | Oxidized zone of pyrite deposit in arid environment. |
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Physical Properties of Clinoungemachite |
| Diaphaneity (Transparency): | Transparent |
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| Colour: | Colorless to pale yellow |
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Crystallography of Clinoungemachite |
| Crystal System: | Monoclinic |
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| Class (H-M): | 2/m - Prismatic |
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| Morphology: | Crystals thick tabular {001}, pseudo-rhombohedral. Indistinguishable from crystals of ungemachite. |
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Chemical Properties of Clinoungemachite |
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| Essential elements: | Na |
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| All elements listed in formula: | Fe, K, Na, O, S |
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Relationship of Clinoungemachite to other Species |
| Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping): | | 7.DG.05 | Darapskite | | | 7.DG.10 | Humberstonite | | | 7.DG.10 | Ungemachite | | | 7.DG.15 | Bentorite | | Ca | | (Cr | | ,Al) | | [(OH) | | |SO | | ] | | · 26H | | O |
| | 7.DG.15 | Charlesite | | Ca | | (Al,Si) | | [(OH,O) | | |B(OH) | | |(SO | | ) | | ] · 26H | | O |
| | 7.DG.15 | Ettringite | | | 7.DG.15 | Jouravskite | | Ca | | Mn | | [(OH) | | |(SO | | ,CO | | )] | | · 26H | | O |
| | 7.DG.15 | Sturmanite | | Ca | | (Fe | | ,Al,Mn | | ) | | [(OH) | | |B(OH) | | |(SO | | ) | | ] · 25H | | O |
| | 7.DG.15 | Thaumasite | | | 7.DG.15 | Carraraite | | | 7.DG.15 | Buryatite | | Ca | | (Si,Fe,Al)[SO | | ][B(OH) | | ](OH) | | O• | | H | | O |
| | 7.DG.15 | Korkinoite | | | 7.DG.20 | Rapidcreekite | | | 7.DG.25 | Tatarskite | | | 7.DG.25 | Chelyabinskite | | (Ca,Mg) | | [(SO | | ,CO | | ) | | |Si(OH) | | ] · 9H | | O (?) |
| | 7.DG.30 | Nakauriite | | | 7.DG.35 | Chessexite | | (Na,K) | | Ca | | (Mg,Zn) | | Al | | [(SO | | ) | | |(SiO | | ) | | ] · 40H | | O |
| | 7.DG.40 | Carlosruizite | | K | | (Na,K) | | Na | | Mg | | (SeO | | ) | | (IO | | ) | | ·12H | | O |
| | 7.DG.40 | Fuenzalidaite | |
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Other Names for Clinoungemachite |
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Other Information |
| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. |
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References for Clinoungemachite |
| Reference List: | Peacock, M. A. & Bandy, M. C. (1938): Ungemachite and clino-ungemachite: new minerals from Chile. American Mineralogist 23: 314-328.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 597-598. |
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Localities for Clinoungemachite |
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