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Botryogen

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Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
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Formula:
MgFe
3+
 
[OH|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 7H
 
2
O
System:MonoclinicColour:Light to dark orange-red.
Hardness:2 - 2½
Name:From the Greek βότρυς = "bunch of grapes," and γευυăυ = "to bear," in allusion to the appearance of the original botryoidal and stalactitic masses found at Falun, Sweden.
This page provides mineralogical data about Botryogen.

Classification of Botryogen

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:6/D.10-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:7.DC.25

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
C : With only medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th edition ID:31.9.6.1

31 : HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
9 : (AB)(XO4)Zq·xH2O
Hey's CIM Ref.:25.11.19

25 : Sulphates
11 : Sulphates of Fe and other metals
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Type Occurrence of Botryogen

Type Locality:Falu mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Physical Properties of Botryogen

Lustre:Vitreous
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent, Translucent
Colour:Light to dark orange-red.
Streak:Ocher-yellow
Hardness (Mohs):2 - 2½
Tenacity:Brittle
Cleavage:Perfect
On {010}, perfect; on {110}, good.
Fracture:Conchoidal
Density (measured):2.14 g/cm3

Crystallography of Botryogen

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Class (H-M):2/m - Prismatic
Morphology:Crystals prismatic [001]; smaller crystals commonly long prismatic; large crystals short prismatic with {_101} large and often striated [100]. The vertical zone is striated [001]. Reniform, botryoidal, or globular aggregates with a radiating structure and crystalline surfaces.

Optical Data of Botryogen

Type:Biaxial (+)
RI values: nα = 1.522 nβ = 1.529 nγ = 1.577
2V:Measured: 41° , Calculated: 44°
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.055

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Low
Dispersion:none
Pleochroism:Visible
Comments:X = b = Colourless to light brown
Y = Cinnamon-brown
Z ^c +12° = Golden yellow

Chemical Properties of Botryogen

Formula:
MgFe
3+
 
[OH|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 7H
 
2
O
Essential elements:Fe, H, Mg, O, S
All elements listed in formula:Fe, H, Mg, O, S

Relationship of Botryogen to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
7.DC.05Aluminite
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
4
|SO
 
4
] · 7H
 
2
O
7.DC.05Meta-aluminite
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
4
|SO
 
4
] · 5H
 
2
O
7.DC.10Butlerite
Fe
3+
 
[OH|SO
 
4
] · 2H
 
2
O
7.DC.10Parabutlerite
Fe
3+
 
[OH|SO
 
4
] · 2H
 
2
O
7.DC.15Fibroferrite
Fe
3+
 
[OH|SO
 
4
] · 5H
 
2
O
7.DC.20Xitieshanite
Fe
3+
 
[Cl|SO
 
4
] · 6H
 
2
O
7.DC.25Zincobotryogen
(Zn,Mg,Mn
2+
 
)Fe
3+
 
[OH|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 7H
 
2
O
7.DC.30Chaidamuite
ZnFe(SO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)·4H
 
2
O
7.DC.30Guildite
CuFe
3+
 
[OH|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 4H
 
2
O
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
25.11.1Natrojarosite
NaFe
 
3
[(OH)
 
3
|SO
 
4
]
 
2
25.11.2Sideronatrite
Na
 
2
Fe(SO
 
4
)
 
2
OH·3H
 
2
O
25.11.3Metasideronatrite
Na
 
4
Fe
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
2
·2H
 
2
O
25.11.4Ferrinatrite
Na
 
3
Fe(SO
 
4
)
 
3
·3H
 
2
O
25.11.5Amarillite
NaFe(SO
 
4
)
 
2
·6H
 
2
O
25.11.6Yavapaiite
KFe(SO
 
4
)
 
2
25.11.7Krausite
KFe(SO
 
4
)
 
2
·H
 
2
O
25.11.8Goldichite
KFe(SO
 
4
)
 
2
·4H
 
2
O
25.11.9Jarosite
KFe
3+
 
 
3
[(OH)
 
3
|SO
 
4
]
 
2
25.11.10Voltaite
K
 
2
Fe
2+
5
Fe
3+
3
Al[SO
 
4
]
 
12
 · 18H
 
2
O
25.11.11Ungemachite
K
 
3
Na
 
8
Fe(SO
 
4
)
 
6
(NO
 
3
)
 
2
·6H
 
2
O
25.11.12Metavoltine
Na
 
6
K
 
2
FeFe
 
6
(SO
 
4
)
 
12
O
 
2
·18H
 
2
O
25.11.13Sabieite
NH
 
4
Fe(SO
 
4
)
 
2
25.11.14Ammoniojarosite
(NH
 
4
)Fe
3+
3
[(OH)
 
3
|SO
 
4
]
 
2
25.11.15Clairite
(NH
 
4
)
 
2
Fe
 
3
(SO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
3
·3H
 
2
O
25.11.16Mohrite
(NH
 
4
)
 
2
Fe(SO
 
4
)
 
2
·6H
 
2
O
25.11.17Lonecreekite
(NH
 
4
)Fe
3+
 
[SO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 12H
 
2
O
25.11.18Godovikovite
NH
 
4
(Al,Fe)(SO
 
4
)
 
2
25.11.21Slavíkite
NaMg
 
2
Fe
 
5
(SO
 
4
)
 
7
(OH)
 
6
·33H
 
2
O
25.11.23Sturmanite
Ca
 
6
(Fe
3+
 
,Al,Mn
3+
 
)
 
2
[(OH)
 
12
|B(OH)
 
4
|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 25H
 
2
O
25.11.24Millosevichite
(Al,Fe)
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
3
25.11.25Aluminocopiapite
Al
 
2/3
Fe
3+
4
[OH|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
]
 
2
 · 20H
 
2
O
25.11.26Halotrichite
FeAl
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
4
·22H
 
2
O
25.11.27Idrizite
(Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe)
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH)
 
2
·15H
 
2
O or near
25.11.28Lishizhenite
ZnFe
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
4
·14H
 
2
O
25.11.29Zincovoltaite
K
 
2
Zn
 
5
Fe
3+
3
Al[SO
 
4
]
 
12
 · 18H
 
2
O

Other Names for Botryogen

Synonyms:
BotriteBotryiteBotryogeniteBotryteKubeite
PalacheiteQueteniteRed Iron Vitriol
Other Languages:
French:Fer sulfaté rouge
Neoplase
German:Botrit
Botryit
Botryogenit
Botryt
Cubeïte
Palacheit
Quetenit
Italian:Botriogeno
Japanese:ボトリオゲン
Russian:Ботриоген
Spanish:Alcaparossa Amarilla
Botrita
Botryita
Botryogenita
Palacheita
Quetenita
Swedish:Rother Eisen-Vitriol

Other Information

Other Information:Partially soluble in boiling water, rendering an ocherous residue. Soluble in HCl.
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 Botryogen

Reference List:Berzelius (1815) Afhandlingar I Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi, Stockholm: 4: 307 (as Rother Eisen-Vitriol).

Haidinger (1828) Annalen der Physik, Halle, Leipzig: 12: 491.

Beudant, F.S. (1832), Trailé élémentaire de Minéralogie, second edition, 2 volumes: 2: 483 (as Neoplase).

Cleve (1862) Upsala University Åarskrift: 22.

Blaas (1883) Konigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Sitzber.: 87: 161.

Hockauf (1886) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 12: 251.

Darapsky (1890) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Heidelberg, Stuttgart: I: 65 (as Rubrite).

Frenzel (1890) Mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen, Vienna: 11: 217 (as Quetenite).

Darapsky (1898) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Heidelberg, Stuttgart: I: 163 (as Kubeite).

Eakle (1903) University of california Department of Geology Bull.: 3: 231 (as Palacheite).

Bandy (1938) American Mineralogist: 23: 749 (as Kubeite).

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.: 617-618.

Acta Crystallographica: 24B: 760-767.

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    Localities for Botryogen

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    Argentina
     
    • San Juan
      • La Alcaparrosa
    		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: 480, 609, 618, 1014.
    Australia
     
    • Queensland
      • Mt Isa - Cloncurry area
    		[MinRec 19:478]
    Austria
     
    • Tyrol
      • East Tyrol
        • Puster valley
          • Sillian
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    Chile
     
    • Antofagasta Region
      • El Loa Province
        • Calama
          • Cerritos Bayos
    		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: 618.
          • Chuquicamata District
    		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: 618; Mineralogical Record: 9: 329.
            • Toki Cu deposit
    		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: 618; Mineralogical Record: 14: 356.
      • Tocopilla Province
        • Sierra Gorda District
    		Rob Lavinky samples; analysed by XRD methods in USA
    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: 618.
    • Tarapacá Region
      • Iquique Province
        • Pampa del Tamarugal
    		Peter G. Seroka collection
    France
     
    • Alsace
      • Bas-Rhin
        • Villé Valley
    		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: 618.
    Germany
     
    • Lower Saxony
      • Harz Mts
        • Goslar
          • Rammelsberg
    		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: 618.
    • Thuringia
      • Gera
        • Ronneburg U deposit
    		T. Witzke & F. Rüger: Lapis 1998(7/8), 26-64
    Hungary
     
    • Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co.
      • Rudabányai Mts.
        • Rudabánya
    		No reference listed
    • Nógrád Co.
      • Cserhát Mts.
    		Geoda - Journal of the Hungarian Friends of Minerals, 2007 august.
    Iran
     
    • Hormozgan Province
      • Bandar Abbas (Bandar-e Abbas)
        • Abumusa County
          • Haji Abad town
    		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: 618.
    Italy
     
    • Liguria
      • Genova Province
        • Sestri Levante
    		Antofilli M., Borgo E., Palenzona A. (1983): I Nostri Minerali. Geologia e Mineralogia in Liguria. Sagep, Ed., Genova, 295 pp.
    • Piedmont
      • Torino Province
        • Sesia-Lanzo zone
          • Lanzo Valley
            • Grande Valley
              • Chialamberto
    		Girolami, C. (2006). I minerali delle Valli di Lanzo. Stampato in proprio.
    • Tuscany
      • Grosseto Province
        • Massa Marittima
    		Brizzi G., Capperi M., Masotti A. - La miniera di pirite di Niccioleta, Massa Marittima (GR) - Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, Milano, Fasc. 4 (1989) e Fasc. 1 - 2(1990)
      • Livorno Province
        • Elba Island
          • Porto Azzurro
    		G. D'Achiardi, 1910 - Pickeringite (picroallumogene) dell'Isola d'Elba - Atti Soc. Tosc. Sc. Nat., P.V., 19, 23-25.
    Japan
     
    • Shikoku Island
      • Ehime prefecture
    		Minakawa and Noto (1994) Chigaku Kenkyu, 43, 175-179.
    Slovakia
     
    • Košice Region
      • Eastern Slovenské Rudohorie Mts
        • Smolnik Mining District
    		Duda, Rejl, Slivka: "Mineralien", 1991
    Spain
     
    • Andalusia
      • Huelva
        • Minas de Riotinto
    		[MinRec 27:284]
    Sweden
     
    • Dalarna
    Ann. Phys. Chem. (Pogg.) (1828): 12: 491; 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: 618, 625; Clark (1993) - "Hey's Mineral Index".
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Mule Mts
          • Warren District
    		No reference listed
    azminerals.com
      • Mohave Co.
        • Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts
          • Hualapai District
            • Arrastra Mt.
    • California
      • Merced Co.
        • Stayton District
          • Hollister
            • Mariposa Peak
    		Min.Rec.: 20:427-434.
      • Napa Co.
        • Calistoga District (Silverado District)
          • Calistoga
            • Palisades Range
    		Dana 7:II:618.
        • Knoxville
    		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: 618.
      • San Bernardino Co.
        • Calico Mts
          • Calico District
            • Borate
    • Nevada
      • Nye Co.
        • Morey District
          • Morey Mine
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • Ohio
      • Huron Co.
        • Monroeville
          • West Branch Huron River
    		http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalprogram/abstract_44706.htm
      • Meigs Co.
        • Langsville
    		Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon Co.
        • Cornwall
    		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: 618.
    • Tennessee
      • Sevier Co.
        • Great Smoky Mts
    		Coskren, T. D. & Lauf, R. J. (2000): The Minerals of Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31, 163-175.
    • Utah
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