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Coquimbite from
Sulphur Springs, Soufriere, Saint Lucia


Locality type:Hot Springs
Classification
Species:Coquimbite
Formula:AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Coquimbite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sulphur Springs, Soufriere, Saint Lucia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1221503
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1221503:0
GUID (UUID V4):fdc17742-9b3f-4b9b-9018-81771cf0ad48
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Report (chapter)
rozenite was noted by Omori and Kerr (1963). Coquimbite and alunogen are by far the most commonly occurring...and lower levels of other metals. However, in coquimbite, Fe2(SO4)3·9H2O, higher Al contents have been...García García (1996) are chalcanthite, copiapite, coquimbite, botroygen, epsomite, fibroferrite, gypsum, goslarite... Utah, chalcanthite, melanterite, copiapite, coquimbite, römerite, fibroferrite, halotrichite, alunogen...quantities of melanterite, rhomboclase, voltaite, coquimbite, copiapite, halotrichite, and römerite in underground
Report (issue)
in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia Range south of Monterey. Riverside County: Flakes...been mined here. NATIVE ELEMENTS 19 SULPHUR Native sulphur, S. Pyramidal an* thick tabular crystals... incrusting, and greenish-yellow. in Yellow sulphur and volcanoes. — is common It is also — ...geysers, hot springs found in gypsum beds, and in association with borax. Alpine County: Sulphur occurs... the banks of Sulphur Creek solfataric action masses and granular coatings of sulphur, sometimes in
Report (issue)
yon-mctals. Metals. Gold. Diamond. Graphite. Sulphur. Platinum. Gold amalgam. Iridium. Bismuth ...in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia range, south of Monterey. Riverside County Flakes... Native sulphur, — Common color. Refractive indices: oc in is now produced. SULPHUR. 3. Orthorhombic...Orthorhombic. Sulphur yellow none here, but small S. crystal coatings H= —2.5 Resinous luster...blue flame. Yellow sulphur is common in the vicinity of geysers, hot springs and volcanoes as sublimations
Report (issue)
recognizable as 'Aztec water signs,' pointing the way to springs but most of them are unlike any others known, and...of Buena Vista Lake. sites Magnesite from near Sulphur Bank, in Lake County, was shaped into cylindrical...also records a "small thread of gold worked in the Saint Barbara district in 1840." The San Francisco Alta...water was from one of the several springs since known as the Tuscan springs, and which have gained some fame...under the name of the Lick lying on the north Springs, and is so designated on Britton and Rey's late
Report (issue)
in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia range, sxuth of ]\Ionterey. San Bernardino County...mined 3. here, but Orthorhombic. Sulphur yellow — Yellow sulphur color. is iu small Resinous common...common is now produced. SULPHUR. Native .sulphur, Common none crystal luster. II S. coatings...incrustations. G = 2. in the vicinity of geysers, hot springs and volcanoes as sublimations from the emitted...and copper mines are utilized. On the banks of Sulphur Creek solfataric action has produced fine crystallized
Report (issue)
shore of Buena Vista Lake. Magnesite from near Sulphur Bank, in Lake County, was shaped into cylindrical...also records a "small thread of gold worked in the Saint Barbara district in 1840." The San Francisco Alia...water was from one of the several springs since known as the Tuscan springs, and which have gained some fame...under the name of the Lick lying on the north Springs, and is so designated on Britton and Key's late...of Pitt river, forty miles north of the Tuscan springs, I had the pleasure of visiting in company with
Journal (issue)
Enterprises D on Belsher P .O . Box 219 E ldorado Springs, CO 80025 303-494-7785 Specimen Trim m ers, We...Keith & Brenda Williams P .O . Box 1599 Idaho Springs, CO 80452 303-567-4647 C olorado Minerals & Mineral...Keith Proctor 88 Raven Hills C ourt, Colorado Springs^C olorado 80919 Call (303) 598-1233. A g a r...philipsburgite,theisite and occur at the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines; fine micromounts can still...collected. T in t r o d u c t io n The Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines are located respectively in
Report (issue)
Pennsylvanian Pottsville Mansfield Formation Tar Springs Formation Glen Dean Limestone Big Clifty Formation...Collett also described (1879, p. 445) the “Tar Springs” near Sul- 18 MINERALS OF INDIANA phur, Crawford...sulfates (possibly melanterite, siderotil, and coquimbite). The optical properties of this copiapite from...This opalized wood and a few veins in the Tar Springs Formation of the Chester Series in Perry County...391) ; as crystals on Devonian shales at Falling Springs, near the mouth of Deer Creek, Carroll County (Thompson
Book (volume)
............................51 Arkansas – Hot Springs Co. Magnet Cove Site Map ..............................................104 Colorado – Colorado Springs Area Site Map .............................................................230 Maryland – Rock Springs Area Map .........................................................374 North Carolina – Rainbow Springs Area Map ........................................agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi., near summit of a flat-topped hill, a
Report (volume)
Copiapite stalagmite with halotrichite (white ) d Coquimbite (pale purple) with copiapite and voltaite I...groups of neighboring layers. The structures of coquimbite, [Fe3+3(SO4)6(H2O)6]{Fe3+(H2O)6}(H2O)6, and its...connected into sheets by hydrogen bonds; thus coquimbite and paracoquimbite are polytypic. Metavoltine...Burns Figure 19, cont’d. (g) The structure of coquimbite, and (h) the structure of metavoltine. acceptor...chain is closely related to the finite cluster in coquimbite and paracoquimbite (Fig. 13i). These columns
Book (volume)
⎯agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi., near summit of a flat-topped hill, a... pegmatite gems and minerals. OPELIKA, SE, in springs area fields, road cuts, banks, etc., especially...LIMESTONE COUNTY ATHENS: NW 18½ mi. on Hwy. 99 to Good Springs, then S on Hwy. 26, go a mile to Dobbins Branch...area⎯Amethyst with agate and Quartz. HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT, S of Hot Springs Dome, in basalt dike⎯Cobalt bloom...of US 666, both N and S⎯agatized wood. TANNER SPRINGS: c SW, in Tanner Wash, and d N of Pinto Siding
Book (volume)
⎯agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi., near summit of a flat-topped hill, a... pegmatite gems and minerals. OPELIKA, SE, in springs area fields, road cuts, banks, etc., especially...LIMESTONE COUNTY ATHENS: NW 18½ mi. on Hwy. 99 to Good Springs, then S on Hwy. 26, go a mile to Dobbins Branch...area⎯Amethyst with agate and Quartz. HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT, S of Hot Springs Dome, in basalt dike⎯Cobalt bloom...of US 666, both N and S⎯agatized wood. TANNER SPRINGS: c SW, in Tanner Wash, and d N of Pinto Siding
Report (volume)
vols. 9-11; Science series, nos. 42-46. Colorado Springs, Colo. . . . Colorado Mining Bureau: Bulletins...deposits of this region. 16. The Kabbit Hole sulphur mines near Humboldt House, Nev. U. S. Geol. Surv...General geology and occurrence and origin of the sulphur. 17. Summary of the water supply of the Ozark...Describes phenomena exhibited in the eruptions of Soufriere and Mont Pele\ 2. Recent volcanic eruptions in...Preliminary report on the recent eruption of the Soufriere in St. Vincent, and of a visit to Mont Pele"e
Journal (issue)
feet led the posse across the Sulphur through ore,” (Douglas, 1909). Springs Valley to the Chiricahua After...both mines. A site in the lower end of the Sulphur Springs Valley, right on the Mexican border was selected...basaluminite bianchite botryogen chalcanthite copiapite coquimbite epsomite fibroferrite goslarite halotrichite...level, near the Gardner, as a yellow crust with coquimbite. Junction shaft— 1500 level, as a heavy crust...old mine timbers near the bottom of the pit. Coquimbite Fe2(S0 4)3#9H20 Campbell shaft—1800 level, originally
Book (edition)
Papagoite Plancheite Conichalcite (higginsite) Coquimbite Cornetite Descloizite Devilline Diaboleite ...Well-crystallized voltaite, roemerite, rhomboclase, and coquimbite have been described in the past and continue...chrysocolla conichalcite connellite copiapite copper coquimbite hetaerolite hexahydrite hisingerite hydrobasaluminite...sulfates found by Lausen were alunogen, copiapite, coquimbite, and voltaite. (The voltaite occurrence had been...Brady, 1929; Buddhue, 1940). Gila County: Clover Springs (stony-iron, Studies, Arizona State University;
Catalog/List
good thin blue crusts on matrix CuCISO/4OH 108 COQUIMBITE Pure mauve massive, translucent and a good colour...Union Carbide Vanadium Mine, lxl £4 Potash Sulphur Springs Hingston Quarry, Cornwall l x l £2 La Celine...STRUNZITE Mn Fe PO/4 STRUVITE NH Mg/PO/4 SULPHUR 679 SULPHUR 393 394 366 655 • • • s s 349 SVABITE
Catalog/List
.. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ Alcaparossn Chile 1 08 COQUIMBITE Pure mauve massive . translucent and a good colour...areas in White fibrous 449 MISERITE Potash Sulphur Springs ----­ Wollastonite. K Ca Ce SiO OH F -----... (Lucky Hill Mine,Bau,Sarawak,8omeo) 2x2.5 £6 SULPHUR yellow masses on Tuff. (Leviathan M ine, California
Book (edition)
Chalcoalumite Claudetite Conichalcite (higginsite) Coquimbite Cornetite Descloizite Devilline Diaboleite Dioptase...Well-crystallized voltaite, roemerite, rhomboclase, and coquimbite have been described in the past and continue...chrysocolla conichalcite ., connellite copiapite copper coquimbite cuprite cyanotrichite delafossite descloizite...sulfates found by Lausen were alunogen, copiapite, coquimbite, and voltaite. (The voltaite occurrence had been...Brady, 1929; Buddhue, 1940). Gila County: Clover Springs (stony-iron, mesosiderite). Discovered by Mr. Jim
Book (volume)
outcropsRose Quartz;  S along US 385 for 32 mi. to Hot Springs in Fall River Co., all regional side rds., look...prospect pitsCarnotite. 439 South Dakota HOT SPRINGS:  area quarriesCalcite and chalcedony (both fluorescent)... a quarrymarble. MARYVILLE, area of Montvale Springs:  regional stream gravels, placerGold;  placer...CLEVELAND:  area minesSphalerite;  S 6 mi., at Blue Springs, area mines Galena. MINERAL PARK, S a few mi....Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite. NEWPORT, the Yellow Springs Mine and other area dumpsPsilomelane. COFFEE
Book (edition)
Mercury.-Silver 40-42, iodine, quicksilver, and sulphur (chlorine?) Color dull, dark red. Streak shining...Litmus paper at the upper end is colored red by the sulphur. Heated on charcoal, it turns black, fuses easily...blank piece of silver, with a drop of water, the sulphur in it will cause a black spot on the silver. Heated.... Chloride of silver ... occurs in the Willow Springs district [Coconino County], and in the veins of...Well-crystallized voltaite, roemerite, rhomboclase, and coquimbite have been described in the past and continue
Report (issue)
Republic Mining & Manufacturing Company near Warm Springs, Meriwether County, showing contact of bauxite...on the property of Wynne and Large, near Warm Springs, Meriwether County, September, 1916 .............on the property of Wynne and Large, near Warm Springs, Meriwether County . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....sulphate solutions brought to the surface by hot springs or geysers. . The aluminum hydroxide was precipitated...of fracturing of the rocks, and issued as large springs, probably thermal, and may in some cases have formed
Report (issue)
Porphyry copper prospects in the Gilbert and Crow Springs districts have been dated at 198 and 207 million...Northumberland, Santa Fe, and ization in the Steamboat Springs district near Reno is thought to be as old as 3...precious-metal mineralization in the Silver Peak and Sulphur districts has been dated at about 5 and 2 million...at Steamboat Springs, reporting on the deposition of sulfide minerals in the hot springs. The basic mineralogy...(acanthite) Spathic iron, carbonate of iron (siderite) Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Tungstate of manganese
Book (edition)
Mercury.— Silver 40-42, iodine, quicksilver, and sulphur (chlorine?) Color dull, dark red. Streak shining...Litmus paper at the upper end is colored red by the sulphur. Heated on charcoal, it turns black, fuses easily...blank piece of silver, with a drop of water, the sulphur in it will cause a black spot on the silver. Heated...Chloride of silver . . . occurs in the Willow Springs district [Coconino County], and in the veins of... luster vitreous; color light lemon-yellow to sulphur- yellow and canary-yellow. The reactions before
Report (issue)
specimens of cinnabar and sulphur, from the quicksilver mines, known as the "Sulphur Bank," in Lake County...Virginia — Philip Pendleton, Commissioner, Berkeley Springs Alexander Camp; bell, alternate, Wisconsin Bethany...of the higher altitudes. Lower down are boiling springs, volcanic cones surrounded by extensive beds of...which they named San Francisco, from their patron .saint. 1776. The Mission of San Francisco was founded..."Living Silver." Mercury. " SILVER. SULPHUR. The term sulphur is TELLURIUM— See also Altaite, derived
Book (edition)
that the sections through the edges are rhombs: ( Sulphur.) e. the regular siz- sided prism , fig. 101 ;...Zircon , 1.961 White lead , 2.084 2: 115 2.260 Sulphur , Blende , Diamond , 2.439-2.755 Beresofite,...) ( F.) Yellow . 1. Sulphur-yellow . The color of pure sulphur. (Native sulphur.) 2. Straus -yellow...salts. In the same way , the combustibles, as sulphur, amber and coal, present the phenomena of negative...various odors; as that of rotten eggs, of burning sulphur, &c. Besides the characters treated of in the foregoing
 
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