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Coquimbite from
Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Coquimbite
Formula:AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Paracoquimbite1 photo of Coquimbite associated with Paracoquimbite at this locality.
Copiapite1 photo of Coquimbite associated with Copiapite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Coquimbite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:465459
Long-form Identifier:1:3:465459:9
GUID (UUID V4):4b1c6e38-390e-42e9-b311-c5f608e3736c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
• Fe3+ 2 (SO4 )3 9H2 O Coquimbite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal...48 (2) 28.85 Total 99.79 100.00 (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile. (2) Fe2 (SO4 )3 • 9H2 O. Polymorphism...numerous localities in Chile: from Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó, Atacama; at Quetena, west of...Utah. Large crystals from Zalamea la Real, Huelva Province, Spain. From Smolnı́k (Szomolnok), 16 km northeast...Peninsula, Russia. Name: For the Coquimbo region, Chile. Type Material: Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany
Report (issue)
59 21.39 7.14 28.45 Total 100.57 • (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile. (2) NaFe(SO4 )2 6H2 O. (2) 42.24 21.06...deposits. Association: Coquimbite, other sulfates. Distribution: From Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó...Copiapó, Atacama, Chile. At the Xitieshan Pb–Zn mine, south of Mt. Qilianshan, Chaidamu, Qinghai Province...Province, China. Name: For the locality at Tierra Amarilla, Chile. Type Material: National School of Mines
Report (issue)
complex form development, may be sceptered on coquimbite; also granular, massive. Twinning: On {0001}...79 28.69 (2) 42.74 Total 99.86 • (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile. (2) Fe2 (SO4 )3 9H2 O. 100.00 SO3 Al2...Polymorphism & Series: 28.41 28.85 Dimorphous with coquimbite. Occurrence: A rare mineral formed in the oxidized...especially in arid regions. Association: voltaite. Coquimbite, römerite, szomolnokite, quenstedtite, ferricopiapite...rozenite, Distribution: In Chile, from Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó, Atacama; at Chuquicamata, Alcaparrosa
Report (issue)
539(5) α = 94.18(8)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Tierra Amarilla, Chile. 4.08 (FFF), 5.78 (FF), 4.19 (FF), 3.80...33.14 Total 99.24 100.00 100.00 (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile; a separate determination by the Penfield...Association: Coquimbite, copiapite, römerite. Distribution: In Chile, from Tierra Amarilla, southeast...southeast of Copiapó, Atacama, and at Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta. From
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Not stated but presumablyfrom the locality Tierra Amarilla. JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL 27r SOCIETY OF AMERICA...occunnnNcn: As veins in massive coquimbite and in cavities in coquimbite. Also disseminated in siliceous...siliceous rock at Tierra Amarilla, Chile. w. -t".l'. Leucoglaucite Ibid., pp.203-209. Neue : Presumablyin referenceto...Cleavageprismatic, good. Occunnnrqcn:Found in nests in coquimbite, associatedwith copiapite, quenstedtite, roemerite...rarely with chalcanthiteand amarillite at Tierra Amarilla, Chile. w' F' F' ..pseudo-copiapite,, Ibid , pp
Report (issue)
Melanterite, amarantite, hohmannite, krausite, coquimbite, parabutlerite, butlerite, copiapite, epsomite...Studied material from: in Chile, at Tierra Amarilla, near Coquimbó, Atacama; from Quetena, west of Calama...Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. In the USA, in California, from Borate
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Sierra Gorda [district], Chile. 11.25 (FFF), 8.69 (FFF), 3.57 (FF), 3.05 (FF),...35.81 28.28 Total 100.23 100.00 (1) Paposa, Chile. (2) Fe2 O(SO4 )2 7H2 O. • Occurrence: A secondary...chalcanthite, copiapite, coquimbite, sideronatrite. Distribution: In Chile, in Antofagasta, from the...Calama, and at Chuquicamata; at Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó, Atacama. In the USA, in the Santa Maria
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 37, NO. 2 9 2 Coquimbite from Nevis, West Indies RARE crystals of coquimbite are intimately associated...(I935, P. 169, fig. 2o, a crystal from Tierra Amarilla, Chile) but completely dissimilar from those described...to note that coquimbite and tamarugite (= lapparentite) also coexist at Tierra Amarilla and Alcaparrosa...Alcaparrosa, Chile (Ungernach, I935, P. zo9; Bandy, I938, PP. 73o, 74o). Nevis tamarugite has a 7"354,b 25q82
Report (issue)
95.2(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Cerro Pintados, Chile. 4.223 (100), 4.207 (80), 3.647 (59), 3.964 (32)...30.87 Total [100.33] 100.00 (1) Cerro Pintados, Chile; original total 100.36% (2) NaAl(SO4 )2 • 6H2 O...gas and wall rock. Association: Pickeringite, coquimbite, quenstedtite, sideronatrite, mendozite, kröhnkite...halotrichite, halite, gypsum, anhydrite. Distribution: In Chile, from Cerro Pintados, 80 km southeast of Iquique...Chuquicamata, and Quetena, west of Calama; in Atacama, at Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó. In Italy, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THREE SULPHATE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE* Moss' Menr C. BaNov, HaraardUniaersity,Combri'd'ge...three sulphate deposits near calama, in Northern chile. The sulphate and chloride minerals, their description...of these minerals are known only from northern chile and twelve are known only from these three deposits...Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this paper. The writer worked...the deposits in the field. rn 1935 he returned to chile in behalf of Harvard University and the United States
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
approximatif de formation : mélantérite, roemerite, coquimbite , halotrichite , quenstedtite, copiapite et chalcanthite...l'analyse. J'ai joint à l'étude des sulfates de Tierra Amarilla ceux de Sierra Gorda qui sont à ma disposition...bien avoir cristallisé en milieu aqueux. Pour Tierra Amarilla, au contraire, un très grand nombre d'échantillons...d'origine postérieure, englobés dans un cristal de coquimbite. Il est très curieux, inex- pliquabie même,...sulfates est de échantillons bien Tierra de plus Amarilla, Strasbourg. accompagnée d'aucun résidus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arsenate-sulfate from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile ANTHONY R. KAMPF1,*, BARBARA P. NASH2, MAURIZIO...San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile Los Algarrobos 2986, Iquique, Chile [Received 03 February 2016; Accepted...was found at the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile, where it occurs as a secondary alteration...Torrecillas mine, Chile. Introduction THE Torrecillas mine, in the northern Atacama Desert of Chile, is a small...smaller ones in the Copiapo, Tierra Amarilla and Vallenar areas of the Atacama Region. He professed that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W. John.) 3-4 505 Arsenic Abundance Sphalerite,Chile, Copiap6,PampaLarga, Alacr6n mirft (Clark, Alan...crystallography (Woolfson, M. M.) 2162 9-10 lE23 tl-12 2140 Chile Brazil Mineralogy Pyroxene,Sdo Paulo,Itapirapui...Soufridrevolcano (Lewis,John F.) 5-6 793 Chile Mineralogy Coquimbite,Tierra Amarilla (Fang,J. H., et al.) 9-10 1534...1534 Cuproscheelite, Atacama,Copiap6,New Remolinosmine (Sillitoe,R. H., ef a/.) 7-8 1345 Darapskite,Atacamadesert...(Ericksen,GeorgeE., a/.) 9-10 1500 Humberstonite,Atacama"tdesert (Mrose,Mary 8., et al.) 9-10 1518 Metastibnite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FERRIC SULFATES. I. THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF COQUIMBITE J. H. FeNc amn Peur D. Rorrxsov, DepartmentoJ...(Jniversitt. Carbondale.I llinois 62901. Our*o"t Coquimbite, Fes-*Al*(SOr):.9H2O, is hexagonal, space group...composed of lausenite (6HrO), kornelite (7HrO), coquimbite (9HrO), paracoquimbite (gHrO) and quenstedtite(10HrO)...relationship which exists between coquimbite and paracoquimbite. Coquimbite was chosento be the first of this... ExpnnrueNral The crystals of coquimbite, from Tierra Amarilla, Chile, were kindly supplied by the U
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HYDROGEN BONDING, AND A NOVEL STRUCTURE-TYPE IN COQUIMBITE-LIKE MINERALS Francesco DEMARTIN§, Carlo CASTELLANO...Italy Abstract A single-crystal XRD study of coquimbite specimens from Vulcano Island, Italy, and from...metal atoms has also been observed. Keywords: coquimbite, aluminocoquimbite, new structure-type, single-crystal...Une étude par diffraction X de monocristaux de coquimbite provenant de l’île de Vulcano, en Italie, et...cyclohexane. (Traduit par la Rédaction) Mots-clés: coquimbite, aluminocoquimbite, nouveau type de structure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new hydrophobic Ti4+ sulfate from Alcaparrosa, Chile A. R. KAMPF1,*, S. J. MILLS2, R. M. HOUSLEY3, P... Australia Pasaje San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile [Received 28 September 2011; Accepted 19 December...Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile (IMA2011-024). The mineral occurs on...on and intergrown with coquimbite, and is also associated with ferrinatrite, krausite, pertlikite, pyrite...that is consistent with its association with coquimbite. It occurs as pale yellow blades and tapering
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from a single crystal from Xitieshan, Qinghai Province, China. In complement to previous work, all non-H...the northern border of the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, China. The host rocks are marbles and greenschists...associated with coquimbite, Fe2(SO4)3(H2O) 9, in a sulfide deposit in Tierra Amarilla, Chile. The second occurrence...occurrence is the Xitieshan Pb-Zn deposit, Qinghai Province, China (Li et al., 1966, 1990). The crystal structure...zone and is associated with copiapite, römerite, coquimbite, and melanterite (Li et al., 1966). The sample
Journal (issue)
in Redfield, Iowa, to begin the long journey to Chile. The diary o f his three-month expedition in search...compared to the pampa of northern Chile was the Cerros de Sal of Atacama. The ground must have carried a...Bayos was actually coquimbite or kornelite, a mineral with less water than coquimbite. At 6:00 I went around...great jars and on their way to the University of Chile. He had some fine large crystalline masses of soda...car to take me to Tierra Amarilla, Elisa de Bordos and to Chanarcillo. Tierra Amarilla is 16 km from here
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposit, North Qinling Orogen(NQO), western Henan Province, China (110°43′ 55′′ E, 33°52′ 58′′ N) Kai Qu*...body), Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (27°07′ 45′′ S, 22°51′ 56′′ E) Gerald...Hill West Quarry, Boolcoomatta Reserve, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia (31°57′ 42′′ S, 140°27′...IMA 19-F: Redefinition of coquimbite Proposal 19-F is accepted, and coquimbite is redefined as AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O...studied by Fang and Robinson (1970) from the Tierra Amarilla (the original type locality described by Rose
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fingerprinted. Examples would include quenstedtite, coquimbite, kornelite, and lausenite, which have indistinguishable...minerals (Burns 1987), which includes such phases as coquimbite, * E-mail: mdyar@mtholyoke.eud ‡ Present address:...1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S85 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S89 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase...Bay, Alcaparrosa, Chile ML-S84 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Cahacoles, Chile R6214 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite...Antofagaste, Chile VZO105/106 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Mina Alcaparrosa, Calama, Atacama Desert, Chile G2677 29
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new phosphate-sulfate from the Camarones Valley, Chile, structurally related to taranakite. Mineralogical...village of Cuya in the Camarones Valley, Arica Province, Chile. Camaronesite occurs in boulders from a leached...[Fe2(PO4)3] unit, also found in the structures of the coquimbite and paracoquimbite. This unit is also the key...mineral from the Jote mine, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile. The mineral occurs in narrow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1931. Bol. Minero Soc. Nac. Mineria, Santiago de Chile, vol. 43 (a5o 47), p. 433; Zeits. Prakt. Geol.,...massive, occurring in large amount near Salamanca, Chile. Named from the chemical composition. [Evidently...6HzO, as yellow monoclinic crystals from Tierra Amarilla, Chile. Named from the locality. [M.A. 5-390.]...crystals resembling gypsum in appearance. From Chile. Named after Albert Auguste de Lapparent (1839-1908)...as pale greenish-blue hexagonal crystals, from Chile. Named from the colour, 2evKJ~, white, and ~)~av
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the deposits of Alcaparrosa and Quetena (Northern Chile). In these localities the mineral seems to be formed...phase of pyrite oxidation and shows alteration to coquimbite and other ferric normal or basic sulfates. Our...Rammelsberg,Harz (Scharizer,1903). From Tierra Amarilla, Chile (Scharizer,1903). From Island Mountain
Book (volume)
unstable and AgCl exsolves on standing.^^ Tarapacd, Chile, associated with Sylvite 7 Ref. 1. 015 Goldschmidt...various sulfates in the nitrate deposits of Tarapaca, Chile, and similarly in Peru. In the United States sylvite...Bromargyrite Rammelsberg (196, 1860). Plata cornea amarilla melada Domeyko (214, 1860). lodobromite von Lasaulx...England. Found in large amounts at many places in Chile, as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya...district in Tarapaca, and especially Chanarcillo in Atacama; bromian varieties are found at many of the localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
used for this investigation are from Alcaparrosa, Chile. The cation chemistry was assumed to be A = Mg and...dimensions a b c ex y 1. Oell constants Chuquicamata, Chile, PALACHE et ai, (1946) 7.34 A. 18,19 7,28 930 51'... Alaska, JOLLY and FOSTER (1967) Alcaparrosa, Chile, this work 7.251 A. 18.161 7.267 930 59' 35" 102017'...ransomite (WOOD, 1970), parabutlerite (BORENE, 1970), coquimbite (FANG and ROBINSON, 1970), and copiapite. A common...tetrahedra-octahedra complexes in roemerite and coquimbite; one-dimensional infinite complexes in parabutlerite
 
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