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Erdite from
Coyote Peak, Coastal Range, Humboldt County, California, USA


Locality type:Peak
Classification
Species:Erdite
Formula:NaFeS2 · 2H2O
Comments:Occurs as tiny patches peripheral to a large knot of pyrrhotite and rasvumite. Commonly associated with fine-grained, euhedral magnetite crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Barytolamprophyllite
Magnetite
Pyrrhotite
Rasvumite
Schorlomite
Sodalite
Vishnevite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Phlogopiteā“˜5 photos of Erdite associated with Phlogopite at this locality.
Nephelineā“˜5 photos of Erdite associated with Nepheline at this locality.
Aegirineā“˜5 photos of Erdite associated with Aegirine at this locality.
Schorlomiteā“˜3 photos of Erdite associated with Schorlomite at this locality.
Coyoteiteā“˜2 photos of Erdite associated with Coyoteite at this locality.
Rasvumiteā“˜2 photos of Erdite associated with Rasvumite at this locality.
Pyrrhotiteā“˜1 photo of Erdite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Orickiteā“˜1 photo of Erdite associated with Orickite at this locality.
Magnetiteā“˜1 photo of Erdite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Erdite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Coyote Peak, Coastal Range, Humboldt County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4977
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4977:1
GUID (UUID V4):f5cbeecf-f287-477d-ab95-7378f934b212
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
American Mineralogisl, Volume 65, pdges 509-515, 1980 Erdite, a new hydratedsodiumiron sulfidemineral Gpnero...Geological Survey Menlo Park, California 94025 Abstract The new mineral erdite, NaFeS 2' 2}J2O, has been...alkalic diatreme at Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California. Crystallization of erdite, the first sodium-bearing...dense and impervious nature of the mafic host rock. Erdite is a striking mineral, showing a copper-red color...reddish orange to dark gray, in polished surfaces. Erdite is monoclinic, C2/c, a: 10.693(l),D : 9.115(1)
Report (issue)
Erdite NaFeS2 ā€¢ 2H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point...= 5.499ā€“5.507 X-ray Powder Pattern: Coyote Peak, California, USA. 6.935 (100), 5.342 (71), 4.556 (41)...26] Total [100.0] [100.02] 100.00 (1) Coyote Peak, California, USA; by electron microprobe, oxygen by difference;...segregations within an alkalic mafic diatreme (Coyote Peak, California, USA); in pegmatites in nepheline syenite...rasvumite, djerfisherite, bartonite (Coyote Peak, California, USA); pyrite, murmanite (Lovozero massif
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
two new sulfide minerals from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California Rrcneno C. Eno eNn Genall K....CzeuaNsrie U. S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, California 94025 Abstract Orickite and coyoteite occur with...a mafic alkalic diatreme near Orick, Humboldt County, California. Both minerals are very rare, and only...mafic alkalic diatreme at Coyote Peak near Orick, Humboldt County, California. Previous papers have introduced...introduced the minerals erdite, NaFeS2.2H2O (Czamanskeet al., 1980;Konnert and Evans, 1980), (Czamanskee/
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a mafic, alkalic diatreme at Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California. Associated v/ith it are the two...The geology and mineralogy of the diatreme at Coyote Peak have been briefly described by Czamanskeet al...in several representativepolished sectionsof Coyote Peak material; they defied analysis and identification...7o)Fe:24t1, Mn = 1.3, fides--djerfisherite, rasvumite, erdite (NaFeS, . 2H2O), Cd : 1.0.Also presentis a sub...CZAMANSKE ET AL.: BARTONITE ated with bartonite and erdite (Czamanske et al., 1979) is nearly free of Ti and
Report (issue)
c = 6.441(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Coyote Peak, California, USA. 5.12 (100), 7.13 (90), 3.023 (80),...31 41.44 9.31 [100.00] 100.00 (1) Coyote Peak, California, USA; by electron microprobe, average of...crystallized late in the consolidation of the Coyote Peak intrusive, an alkalic mafic diatreme. Association:...Pyrrhotite, djerfisherite, rasvumite, bartonite, erdite, phlogopite, schorlomite, acmite, sodalite, cancrinite...From Coyote Peak, near Orick, Humboldt Co., California, USA [TL]. For Coyote Peak, California, a local
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pages 516-521, 1980 The crystal structure of erdite, NaFeSr'2HrO Juntrn A. KoNNERTAND HowARD T. EvnNs...Abstract The crystal structureof the new mineral erdite, NaFeS2.2H2O,has beendeterminedfrom 263 counter-measured...mineral erdite, a sodium thioferrite hydrate, was found in 1976at Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California...this paper. According to Czamanskeet al. (1980), erdite is monoclinic and the spacegroup is C2/c or Cc...diffraction maxima were broad and irregular, so a scan range of 4o was used. Of the 936 reflections measured
Report (issue)
16(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Near Orick, California, USA. 3.08 (100), 3.20 (90), 1.85 (70), 2.84 (60)...33.6 [3.1] Total [100.0] (1) Near Orick, California, USA; by electron microprobe, average of six grains...consolidation of the Coyote Peak intrusive. Association: Djerfisherite, rasvumite, bartonite, erdite, coyoteite...Distribution: Name: From Coyote Peak, near Orick, Humboldt Co., California, USA [TL]. For the town of...of Orick, California, USA, near the locality. Type Material: National Museum of Natural History, Washington
Report (issue)
20.626(1) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Coyote Peak, California, USA. 2.998 (100), 5.99 (77), 1.833 (40)...43 100.13 100.00 49.66 39.91 (1) Coyote Peak, California, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding...Franciscan rocks. Association: Rasvumite, djerfisherite, erdite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, loĢˆllingite, magnetite...Distribution: Name: From Coyote Peak, near Orick, Humboldt Co., California, USA [TL]. For Paul Booth Barton...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 149498. References: (1) Czamanske, G.K., R.C. Erd
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Estimated thermodynamic properties of NaFeS2 and erdite (NaFeS2:2H2O) Arnault Lassin ā‡‘, Patrice Piantone...components: NaFeS2 and erdite (NaFeS2:2H2O). The solubility product of erdite was measured at 20 Ā°C in...resulting standard Gibbs free energy of formation of erdite from elements is 809.76 kJ/mol at 25 Ā°C and 1...water of hydration for transforming NaFeS2 into erdite. At 25 Ā°C and 1 bar, they are 322.85 and 243...properties (enthalpy, entropy, and heat capacity) of erdite are 922.04 kJ/mol, 232.6 J/(mol K) and 175.7 J/(mol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discoveryand study of rasvumiteat Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California. The Coyote Peakrasvumitehas not been...29 automatically centered reflections tn the 20 range 30o to 46" gave the valuesin Table l. For comparison...60o was measuredusing an oy20 scanmode, a scan range of 2", graphite-monochromatuedMoKa radiation, and...Densi!y, ( e/en1) calc. obs. -'' -<- 5 u.s,A. California Cz4anske et a_Z, Synthetlc Hong and Sbelnfink...Stevens, 1979),RbFeS, and CsFeS,(Bronger, 1968),erdite, NaFeS, '2H2O (Konnert and Evans, 1980), and Ba
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
system studied by the dry synthesis method in the range of 300ā€“600 Ā°C and at a pressure of 1 bar. At the...experiments also outline the compositional stability range of the copper-free analog of murunskite (Ā­ KxFe2āˆ’yS2)...in the Kā€“Feā€“S system in Ā­KFeS2ā€“Feā€“S composition range at 300ā€“600 Ā°C, determine the fields of phase stability...lines show the studied Ā­KFeS2ā€“Feā€“S composition range of the system. Gray field covers hypothetical K...2003). Along with the ā€œusualā€ bartonite in the Coyote Peak rocks, Czamanske et al. (1981) found its analog
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Park, California 94025 Abstract The structurā‚¬ of a bartonite crystal from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County...County, California, has been solved and refned in anisotropic mode to a conventional R : 0.068 for 504 observed...discoveredat Coyote Peak, Humboldt The crystal selected for intensity measurements County, California, and a...description of the and 1742reflections in the angular range 5" to 60" 20 crystal structure was given by Clark...19A. The other eight bonds for the two K atoms range from 3.283 to 3.490A, averaging3.394. These may
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithic-wackeinclusions within the Coyote Peak diatreme,Humboldt County, California GsRAro K. Cz,c,MANsKEAND SrevEN...Geological Suruey 345 Miilillefield Roail, Menlo Park, California 94025 Absfirct Lithic-wacke inclusions within...within the alkalic ultramafic diatreme at Coyote Peak record a remarkable history of metasomatismand crystal...assemblage,20 km SE of Orick, at Coyote Peak,Humboldt County, California. Rocks comprisingthe diatreme may...Consideringmineral assemblages, tine rock at Coyote Peak might bestbe termedmodlibovite (Scheumann,l9l3)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ideally Nao..(HrO)r[CrSr], occurs in the Norton County enstatite achondrite as thin bands a few pm wide...of indigeneouswater in the highly reducedNorton County enstatiteachondrite,we proposethat sch...and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasaden4 California 91 125. 0003-{04x/8s/0s0H638$02...comprehensivemineralogicaland petrological study of the Norton County (Kansas-Nebraska)enstatite achondrite (Okada et...Mexico87131.USA. Occurrence and physical properties Schcillhorniteis a rare mineral in the Norton County enstatiteachondrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
07:06 06 January 2015 Klamath Cascade Mountains Range I 396 ROCKS & MINERALS Modoc Plateau / THE MINERALS...Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the ā€œGolden State, ā€ it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the worldā€™s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the ā€œCalifornia Locality Indexā€ (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/ at University of California, San Francisco on December 13, 2014 Geology...http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/ at University of California, San Francisco on December 13, 2014 TABLE 1...the type alnoites of Alno (Sweden) grade into a range of melilite-free variants (Table 2). 'Ultramafic...http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/ at University of California, San Francisco on December 13, 2014 Per cent...http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/ at University of California, San Francisco on December 13, 2014 TABLE 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localities Abbreviations: (Dst.) district, area; (Co.) county; (m.) mine; (Mf.) massif; (Q.) quarry; (N) north...(43Ā°53`N, 103Ā°25`W), Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA \\1974perloffite;ā€¦1984sinkankasite 8 ā€“ Big Creek...Trimmer (36Ā°54`N, 119Ā°17 `W), Fresno Co., California, USA \\1965fresnoite; ā€¦2001kampfite 4 ā€“ Big Fish...\(31Ā°26`N, 109Ā°55`W) (area), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA \\1891paramelaconite;ā€¦1983henryite 22 ā€“ Black Hills...103Ā°25`W); Pennington\ Custer Co., South Dakota, USA \\1891griphite;ā€¦1989pararobertsite 7 ā€“ Bon Accord
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Czamanske et al. (1981) from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California. Among the minerals associated...et al. (1981) found pyrrhotite, djerfisherite, erdite, rasvumite and small grains of a Cl-dominant analogue...respectively, whereas individual Feā€“S distances are in the range of 2.285ā€“2.313 ƅ. The FeS4 tetrahedra share edges...vol 41#2 avril 03 - 19 507 507 tances in the range 2.715ā€“2.731 ƅ. Similar arrangements were observed...Wilke, who provided a specimen of bartonite from California. This work is supported by a grant to V.N.Ya
Book (edition)
07-20 Schƶllhornite II/F.08-20 Cronusite II/F.08-30 Erdite II/F.09-10 Kermesite II/F.11-10 550 552 554 556...Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum fĆ¼r Naturkunde der Humboldt-UniversitƤt zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115...minimum - maximum values are provided, they show the range found for different optical axes in cases of optical...(yellow) between stibnite (light grey); Murchison Range, South Africa [g]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish...(dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish white)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
K2Cu3FeS4, rasvumite KFe2S3, pautovite CsFe2S3, erdite NaFeS2 Ā· 2H2O, and coyoteite NaFe3S5 Ā· 2H2O. Mostly...Peninsula, Russia, and in the small Coyote Peak mafic diatreme, California, United States. Many minerals of...wilhelmramsayite Cu3FeS3 Ā· 2H2O identified in Coyote Peak and Khibiny contain up to 1 wt % K and Na, respectively...ā€œBukovite Packing As a Representative of the Homologous Range of Tetragonal Spherical Packing,ā€ Zap. Vseross.
Book (edition)
OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright Ā© 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...Series A compositional series is defined as a range of mineral compositions in which, for instance,...minimum/maximum values are provided, they show the range found for different optical axes in cases of optical...mineral section. All minerals of a particular colour range are sorted according to their average reflectance...thetic Anatase brown Gallite Pseudobrookite Erdite pink to orange 22 Rutile Digenite orange to
Journal (issue)
mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by E. E.... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Journal (issue)
mountain lies about 40 km east of Montreal in Rouville County, Quebec, very close to and clearly visible from...Chabazite Chkalovite Cryolite Dorfmanite Epistolite Erdite Eudialyte Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena Garronite... carbocemaite, cordierite, daqingshanite-(Ce), erdite, halite, hisingerite, hypersthene, kogarkoite,...the other mineral assoĀ­ ciations. The crystals range in size from tiny, acicular, millimeter-size crysĀ­...crystals of ancylite are usually in the 0.5-5 mm size range. Color is predominantly pink (under natural or tungsten
 
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