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Bariopharmocosiderite Colour Change

Last Updated: 15th Mar 2017

By Volker Betz

The recent discussion about colour change of bariopahamacosiderite https://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,19,373867,406116#msg-406116 remembered me that I observed a colour change from green to brown at self colleted bariopharnacosiderite crystals from Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany also from Point 16.1, Hohenstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany and from Monstranzenbaum, Frauenstein quartz vein, Wiesbaden-Frauenstein, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. From the last location I colleted some small bariopharmacosiderite crystals in 1995 which changed in colour from bright green to yellow brown at dark and 30 % humidity within a year. One of the crystals was immersed in water (set to PH <2 (with HCl) at room temperure for 3 days. Its colour changed back to green with a brown core.
See Pictures below.


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Bariopharmacosiderite from Frauenstein after 20 years in drawers
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and after immersion in water for 3 days
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Bariopharmacosiderite from Frauenstein after 20 years in drawers
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and after immersion in water for 3 days
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Bariopharmacosiderite from Frauenstein after 20 years in drawers
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and after immersion in water for 3 days


Crystal size is 0.8 and 0.7 mm.

So there is a reason to repeat the experiment with bariopharmacosiderite from other locations.




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19th Mar 2017 13:07 UTCKeith Wood

Can you shows us pictures of the same crystal before and after water? Those are not the same crystals, so the pictures don't really make the case.

29th Mar 2017 02:38 UTCStuart Mills Manager

Volker you made hydroniumpharmacosiderite :)

http://rruff.info/uploads/Mills%20et%20al%202010%20H3O%20pharmaco%20487.pdf
 
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