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Copiapite from
Xitieshan Mine, Xitieshan, Da Qaidam (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copiapite
Formula:Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copiapite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Xitieshan Mine, Xitieshan, Da Qaidam (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22902
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22902:1
GUID (UUID V4):c29f1a08-b1b8-47f8-8cb5-b6bc97de1054
References
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Report (issue)
Prismatic crystals display {010}, {1 01}, {120}, and {110} and are elongated along [001], to 2 mm; typically...= 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Xitieshan Pb-Zn deposit, Qinghai Province, China. 8.92 (100), 6.32 (77), 5...49 17.83 29.60 100.00 (1) Xitieshan Pb-Zn deposit, Qinghai Province, China; average of 10 electron microprobe...supplemented by Mƶssbauer and IR spectroscopy, TG and DTA, H2O calculated for charge balance and H2O = 7 pfu; corresponds...ore bodies hosted in marble and greenschists. Association: Jarosite, copiapite, zincocopiapite, fibroferrite
Report (issue)
(2) 27.0 Total 100.62 99.1 2+ 2+ (1) Xitieshan mine, China; corresponds to (Zn0.82 Fe0.08 Mn0.06 Ca0...(SO4 )6.13 (OH)1.75 ā€¢ 17.69H2 O. Mineral Group: Copiapite group. Occurrence: A rare secondary mineral formed...a Pbā€“Zn deposit in a very arid climate (Xitieshan mine, China); a precipitate from thermal hot springs...product of pyrite and sphalerite in schists (Les Vallettes, Switzerland). Association: Copiapite, halotrichite...roĢˆmerite, sideronatrite, melanterite (Xitieshan mine, China); sulfur, gypsum, calcite, pyrite, sphalerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)ā‹…7H2O: validation as a mineral species and new data Zhuming Yang 1 & Gerald Giester 2 & Qian...in the oxidation zone of the Xitieshan lead-zinc deposit, Qinghai, China. The mineral is associated with...with jarosite, copiapite, zincocopiapite, and quartz. The mineral forms prismatic crystals, 0.05 to 2...optically positive (2Vcalc = 54.1Ā°), with Z ā€– b and X āˆ§ c = 10Ā°. The elongation is negative. The refractive...a = 10.504(2), b = 17.801(4), c = 7.1263(14) ƅ, and Ī² = 100.08(3)Ā°, V = 1311.9(5) ƅ3, Z = 4. The strongest
Report (issue)
fibrous, earthy, pulverulent, in efflorescences and crusts, nodular, massive. Physical Properties: Cleavage:...metasideronatrite depending on relative humidity and sunlight. Optical Properties: Semitransparent. Color:...Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH)āˆ™3H2O. (3) Xitieshan lead-zinc deposit, Qinghai Province, China; total includes K2O = 0...00(SO4)2(OH)(H2O)3 (2M polytype). Polymorphism & Series: 2O and 2M polytypes. Occurrence: An uncommon secondary mineral...iron-rich deposits in very arid climates, may be post-mine; also formed by alteration of pyrite by saline water
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
structure reļ¬nement ZHUMING YANG1 and GERALD GIESTER2,* Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy...Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China 2 Institut fĆ¼r Mineralogie und Kristallographie, UniversitƤt Wien...redetermined from a single crystal from Xitieshan, Qinghai Province, China. In complement to previous work,...displacement parameters and H-atoms were located by difference Fourier methods and reļ¬ned from X-ray diffraction...ā€œsheetsā€ of corner-sharing [NaO4(H2O)2] octahedra and (SO4) tetrahedra, which constitute a structural sheet
Report (issue)
c = 14.1193(29) X-ray Powder Pattern: Xitieshan mine, China. 4.96 (10), 4.81 (10), 3.90 (9), 6.67 (6)...05 99.27 12.00 36.59 2.71 100.00 (1) Xitieshan mine, China. (2) Do.; separate analysis on type material...orebody in a very arid climate. Association: Copiapite, roĢˆmerite, coquimbite, amarillite, sideronatrite...Distribution: From the Xitieshan Pbā€“Zn mine, south of Mt. Qilianshan, Chaidamu, Qinghai Province, China. Name: For...For its occurrence in the Xitieshan mine, China. Type Material: Institute of Geochemistry, Guiyang;
Report (issue)
pseudocubic crystals, with {001}, {010}, {011}, and {101}; as grains or granular aggregates, to < 1 mm...mm. Physical Properties: Cleavage: On {001} and {100}, perfect. Fracture: Conchoidal. Hardness = 2.5ā€“3...691(3) Ī± = 89.64(3)ā—¦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Xitieshan mine, China. 3.118 (100), 3.090 (95), 9.40 (80), 5.00...(Fe1.01 Al0.01 )Ī£=1.02 (SO4 )2.05 (1) Xitieshan mine, China; corresponds to (OH)0.90 ā€¢ 3.87H2 O. (2)...Coquimbite, copiapite, butlerite, zincobotryogen. Distribution: From the Xitieshan Pbā€“Zn mine, south of
Report (issue)
206 D(calc.) = 2.201 Soluble in H2 O; becomes dull and dark red or yellowish brown on exposure to air. Optical...309(1) Ī± = 90.20(1)ā—¦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Xitieshan mine, China. 4.79 (100), 3.61 (78), 5.07 (70), 4.06...39.37 19.63 10.00 31.00 100.00 3+ (1) Xitieshan mine, China; average of two analyses, Fe confirmed by...(2) ZnFe2 (SO4 )4 14H2 O. Occurrence: In cavities and veinlets in anhydrite in the oxidation zone of a...roĢˆmerite, copiapite, sulfur, gypsum, pyrite, quartz. Distribution: From the Xitieshan Pbā€“Zn mine, south
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH)(H2O)3, a new polytype from Xitieshan lead-zinc deposit, Qinghai Province, China ZHUMING YANG1, GERALD GIESTER2...GIESTER2,*, KUISHOU DING1 and HE LI1 1 Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences...Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China 2 Institut fuĢˆr Mineralogie und Kristallographie, UniversitaĢˆt...found at Xitieshan, Qinghai Province, China. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods and refined...20.889(4) AĢŠ, b Ā¼ 99.37(3) , V Ā¼ 1074.4(4) AĢŠ3, and Z Ā¼ 4, using 2207 observed reflections with I . 2s(I)
Report (issue)
= 5.84ā€“5.87 X-ray Powder Pattern: United Verde mine, Arizona, USA. 4.97 (FF), 3.15 (F), 3.59 (mF), 3... 101.46 100.00 38.96 21.97 (1) United Verde mine, Arizona, USA. (2) Fe(SO4 )(OH) ā€¢ 2H2 O. Polymorphism...fumarolic conditions from mine fires. Association: Parabutlerite, copiapite, fibroferrite, other iron...copper mine, Jerome, Yavapai Co., Arizona; at the Lone Star mine, La Bajada district, Santa Fe Co., New...Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael district, Emery Co., Utah; from near Cimarron, Gunnison Co., Colorado
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Belakovskiy1, Fernando CĆ”mara2, Yulia Uvarova3, and Olivier C. GagnĆ©4 1 Fersman Mineralogical Museum...riotintoite, wiklundite, żabińskiite, and zincobotryogen. Abuite* S. Enju and S. Uehara (2017) Abuite, CaAl2(PO4)2F2...the Hinomaruā€“Nago mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences...discovered in the Hinomaru-Nago mine, Kiyo area, Abu, Abu County, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (34Ā°53ā€²N 131Ā°52ā€²E)...mentioned as ā€œgatumbaite-like mineralā€ (Matsubara and Kato 1998). However, it appeared to be different
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xitieshanite [Fe3+(SO4)Clā‹…6H2O] crystals in acid-mine seepways, Green Valley, Vigo County, Indiana, U...MELCHIORRE,1,* JAMES MILLS JR.,2 DEBORAH DALE,3 AND BRANDON CHAPMAN4 1 Department of Geological Sciences...47438, U.S.A. 4 Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah...[Fe3+(SO4)Clā‹…6H2O] has been documented from acid mine drainage (AMD) flows at Green Valley, Vigo County...the second documented occurrence of the mineral, and is a new environment of deposition. Previously, xitieshanite
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100.0%,correspondingto Fe3l54Bi?5rsbi:eo7, a Bi and Fe containing member of the stibiconite group. X-ray...rarely greenish, earthy crusts on quartz, barite and variegatedsandstone.Sometimesit is in associationwith...corroded tetrahedrite-tenantite. It has no cleavage and a probable hardnessof 4-5. Optically isotropicwith...encrustations on samples from the Clara mine and from the mine dumps at Neubulach in the Black Forest...intergrown with polarite, sobolevskite' sperrylite and other platinum-groupminerals' In galena-+halcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
earliest (regarding the year of the publication) and last finds of new minerals are presented for each...the finds determines their scientific and collectional value and, therefore, it is of particular importance...Japan (Introduction..., 1970), and other regions. In 1970, Embrey and Hey were the first to consider...in detail the concept of type specimens (Embrey and Hey, 1970). In the 1990s, the international project...on Zair published in 1995 by M. Deliens and H.A. Stalder and others. A preliminary inventory including
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5927, V,O. 22.3242, Cr,O. 2.0792 wto/o(sum Mozgova and others) have shown that ramdohrite is a member of...0852),correspondingto Ba, 087 4r,Crorrr)",,,u: 4 and with the general formula Ag,O,u, ideally Ba(Ti,V...from Alyaskitovoye 0.5 x 0.5 x I mm, showing{100} and {110}; grayish tin-tungsten deposit in Yakutia shows...giving respectivelyAg, ,oPb, ,o(Sb,,6Bir or),r^ Sr^ and ro)r,unSr e0Bi0 rr. X-ray diffraction data inDTA...inDTA curve showsan endothermic peak at 588 "C and an AgonnPb,os(Sbr parameters for the andorite series dicate
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1127/ejm/2016/0028-2571 PrePub Article Hydrogen bond system and vibrational spectroscopy of the iron sulfate ļ¬broferrite...VENTURA2, FABIO BELLATRECCIA2, MARIA LACALAMITA1 and EMANUELA SCHINGARO1 Dipartimento di Scienze della...means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction and vibrational (FTIR and Raman) spectroscopies. The new diffraction...allowed to successfully locate eleven H positions and to completely deļ¬ne the H bond system that ensures...structure. Infrared and Raman spectra are presented for the ļ¬rst time for this compound and commented on the
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crystalsthat are up to 10 mm long and 0.5 in diameter, elongate and striated [001], rhombic to hexagonalin...hexagonalin crosssection, showing { 100} and { I 10}. Perfect { 100} from Ivigtut, South Greenland. Neues Jahrb...Wet-chernicalanalysisgave Li 0.0026, Ca 0.0185,Sr 37.04, formula, and Z : 4. Optically biaxial positiv e, a : I .5328(4)... aggregates of crystals shapedlike spear points and about I mm b : Ll.5I7(2), c : 5. 190(1)A, B : TOO...A Guinier powder long. Dominant forms are {110} and {lll}, vdth {112} rarc. photograph (CuKa, radiation)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been approved by the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, 17 are misspellings or erroneous transliterations...4 are variety names, 2 are spelling corrections, and one is a name applied to gem material. As in previous...used for the names of frequently cited journals and other publications are abbreviated in italic. Abhurite...Abhurite. J. J. Matzko, H. T. Evans Jr., M. E. Mrose, and P. Aruscavage, 1985. C.M. 23, 233. At a depth c.35... Agardite-(La) and Agardite-(Ce). T. Fehr and R. Hochleitner, 1984. Lapis, p. 22 and p. 37 [in German]
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