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Sulphohalite

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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
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Formula:
Na
 
6
[F|Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
]
System:IsometricColour:Colourless, gray, ...
Hardness:3½
Name:The name is derived from its composition, containing SULFur, plus Greek "hals", salt, alluding to its content of halogens.


Sulphohalite Group

Classification of Sulphohalite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:6/B.12-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:7.BD.05

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
B : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, without H2O
D : With only large cations
Dana 8th edition ID:30.1.7.1

30 : ANHYDROUS SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
1 : (AB)m(XO4)pZq, where m:p>2:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:26.2

26 : Sulphates with Halide
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Type Occurrence of Sulphohalite

Type Locality:Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Physical Properties of Sulphohalite

Lustre:Vitreous, Greasy
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent
Comment:Luster weak.
Colour:Colourless, gray, greenish yellow; colourless in transmitted light.
Hardness (Mohs):3½

Crystallography of Sulphohalite

Crystal System:Isometric
Class (H-M):m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral
Morphology:Crystals commonly dodecahedral; also octahedral, or with combinations of a, o and d.
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
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Radiation - Copper Kα
Data Set:
Horizontal Axis: ° to ° Vertical Axis: % Source Data: Filtered Data: Peaks:
Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.

Optical Data of Sulphohalite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Sulphohalite

Formula:
Na
 
6
[F|Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
]
Essential elements:Cl, F, Na, O, S
All elements listed in formula:Cl, F, Na, O, S

Relationship of Sulphohalite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
7.BD.05Sulfohalite
7.BD.10Galeite
Na
 
15
[F
 
4
|Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
5
]
7.BD.10Schairerite
Na
 
3
[(F,Cl)|SO
 
4
]
7.BD.15Kogarkoite
Na
 
3
[F|SO
 
4
]
7.BD.20Caracolite
Na
 
3
Pb
 
2
[Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
]
7.BD.20Cesanite
Na
 
3
Ca
 
2
[OH|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
]
7.BD.25Burkeite
Na
 
6
CO
 
3
(SO
 
4
)
 
2
7.BD.30Hanksite
Na
 
22
K(SO
 
4
)
 
9
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
Cl
7.BD.35Cannonite
Bi
 
2
[O|(OH)
 
2
|SO
 
4
]
7.BD.40Lanarkite
Pb
 
2
[O|SO
 
4
]
7.BD.45Grandreefite
Pb
 
2
SO
 
4
F
 
2
7.BD.45Pseudograndreefite
Pb
 
6
SO
 
4
F
 
10
7.BD.45Sundiusite
Pb
 
10
[O
 
8
|SO
 
4
|Cl
 
2
]
7.BD.50Itoite
Pb
 
3
Ge
4+
 
[O|OH|SO
 
4
]
 
2
7.BD.55Chiluite
Bi
 
6
Mo
 
2
Te
 
2
O
 
21
7.BD.60Hectorfloresite
Na
 
9
[IO
 
3
|(SO
 
4
)
 
4
]
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
26.1Kogarkoite
Na
 
3
[F|SO
 
4
]
26.3Schairerite
Na
 
3
[(F,Cl)|SO
 
4
]
26.4Galeite
Na
 
15
[F
 
4
|Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
5
]
26.5Connellite
Cu
 
19
[(OH)
 
32
|SO
 
4
|Cl
 
4
] · 3H
 
2
O
26.6Chlorothionite
K
 
2
Cu[Cl
 
2
|SO
 
4
]
26.7Kamchatkite
KCu
 
3
[O|Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
]
26.8Spangolite
Cu
 
6
Al[(OH)
 
12
|Cl|SO
 
4
] · 3H
 
2
O
26.9Aubertite
CuAl[Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 14H
 
2
O
26.10Magnesioaubertite
(Mg,Cu)Al[Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 14H
 
2
O
26.11Svyazhinite
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
,Ca)(Al,Fe
3+
 
)[F|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 14H
 
2
O
26.12D'Ansite
Na
 
21
Mg(SO
 
4
)
 
10
Cl
 
3
26.13Anhydrokainite
KMgClSO
 
4
26.14Kainite
KMg[Cl|SO
 
4
] · 3H
 
2
O
26.15Mosesite
[Hg
 
2
N]
+
 
(Cl,SO
 
4
,MoO
 
4
) · H
 
2
O
26.16Kleinite
[Hg
 
2
N]
+
3
Cl
 
2
S
 
0.5
 · H
 
2
O
26.17Wilcoxite
MgAl[F|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 18H
 
2
O
26.18Creedite
Ca
 
3
[SO
 
4
|Al
 
2
F
 
8
(OH)
 
2
] · 2H
 
2
O
26.19Lannonite
HCa
 
4
Mg
 
2
Al
 
4
(SO
 
4
)
 
8
F
 
9
·32H
 
2
O
26.20Chukhrovite-(Y)
Ca
 
3
(Y,Ce)[F|SO
 
4
|(AlF
 
6
)
 
2
] · 10H
 
2
O
26.21Chukhrovite-(Ce)
Ca
 
3
(Ce,Y)[F|SO
 
4
|(AlF
 
6
)
 
2
] · 10H
 
2
O
26.22Grandreefite
Pb
 
2
SO
 
4
F
 
2
26.23Pseudograndreefite
Pb
 
6
SO
 
4
F
 
10
26.24Sundiusite
Pb
 
10
[O
 
8
|SO
 
4
|Cl
 
2
]
26.25Caracolite
Na
 
3
Pb
 
2
[Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
]
26.26Mammothite
Pb
 
6
Cu
 
4
AlSb[(OH)
 
9
|Cl
 
2
|SO
 
4
]
 
2
26.27Atlasovite
K(BiO)Cu
 
6
Fe
3+
 
[Cl|O
 
3
|(SO
 
4
)
 
5
]
26.28Xitieshanite
Fe
3+
 
[Cl|SO
 
4
] · 6H
 
2
O
26.29Nabokoite
KCu
 
7
Te
4+
 
[Cl|O
 
4
|(SO
 
4
)
 
5
]

Other Names for Sulphohalite

Synonyms:
Sulfohalite
Other Languages:
German:Sulfohalit
Sulphohalit
Russian:Сульфогалит
Spanish:Sulfohalita
Sulphohalita

Other Information

Other Information:Slowly soluble in cold water.
Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Sulphohalite

Reference List:Hidden, W.E. & J.B. MacKintosh (1888), Sulphohalite, a new sodium sulphato-chloride, American Journal of Science, 3rd. series: 36: 463.

Zeitschr. Kristallographie (1889), Band 15: 294.

Penfield, Samuel Lewis (1900), On the chemical composition of sulphohalite: American Journal of Science, 4th. series: 9: 425-428.

E.S. Larsen in Gale and Hicks (1914) American Journal of Science: 38: 273.

Foshag (1920) American Journal of Science: 49: 76.

Foshag, Wm. F. (1933) Sulfohalite and Other Minerals from the Otjiwalundo Salt Pan, South West Africa. American Mineralogist: 18: 431-434.

Pabst (1934) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 89: 514.

Watanabé (1934) Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo: 10: 575.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Seventh edition, Volume II: 548-549.

American Mineralogist (1963): 48: 485-510.

Sakamoto, Y. (1968) The size, atomic charges and motion of the sulfate radical of symmetry 43m in the crystal of sulfohalite, Na6ClF(SO4)2. Hiroshima University Journal of Science, series C: 32: 101-108.

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry: 10: 1-112.

Omori, K. (1970) Infrared study of sulphohalite. American Mineralogist: 55: 1879-1910.

Mineralogical Magazine (1975): 40: 131-139.

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    Foshag, Wm. F. (1933) Sulfohalite and Other Minerals from the Otjiwalundo Salt Pan, South West Africa. American Mineralogist: 18: 431-434; 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: 549.
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    		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: 340, 549; Mineralogical Magazine (1975): 40: 131; Mineralogical Record (2007): 38: 213.
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