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Alunogen from
Scotia mine, Springhill, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Alunogen
Formula:Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
Comments:Collected by Mr. Scott Barlow from and old heap of shale at the "Scotia Mine", Springhill coal-field, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

This specimen was in the form of a crust of from five to five and a half centimeters thick. Colour white, in some places light yellow. Taste inky-astringent. Melts in its water of crystallization and at a higher temperature gives off sulphuric acid. Soluble in water.
Colour:white to pale yellow
Abundance at site:Extremely Rare
Special Storage/
Display Requirements:
Water soluble.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunogen data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scotia mine, Springhill, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:121389
Long-form Identifier:1:3:121389:8
GUID (UUID V4):12705509-2b5f-46b5-a650-869404cb63f1
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Alunogen Al2 (SO4 )3 • 17H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Triclinic...Total 99.91 100.00 (1) Pintado Canyon, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USA. (2) Al2 (SO4 )3 • 17H2 O. Occurrence:...Teruel, Teruel Province, Spain. From the Stamm Asser mine, near Schwartzenberg, and at Bräunsdorf, near Freiberg...at Smoky Mountain, Jackson Co., North Carolina; at Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee; extensive deposits...Alum Mountain district, Grant Co., New Mexico; at The Geysers, Sonoma Co., California; good crystals from
Report (issue)
Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore, Nova Scotia...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...(Na4TiZr2O4(CO3)4), which was named in her honour. She was also co-founder of the Canadian Gemmological Association...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals copiapite, alunogen, metahohmannite, coquimbite, paracoquimbite, and meta-alunogen. The Fe and Al...215 (2005) 433–452 439 Fig. 5. (A) Crusts of alunogen- and copiapite-cemented sand formed at site 2...text 4.1. Mineralogy of crusts Aluminocopiapte Alunogen Bassanite Copiapite Coquimbite Ferricopiapite...Halotrichitea Hohmannite Jarosite Melanteritea Meta-alunogen Metahohmannite Rozenite Szomolnokite Tamarugite...ferricopiapite (Fig. 7; Table 1). In addition, alunogen can be distinguished in the same diffractogram
Report (chapter)
British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada D. Kirk Nordstrom U.S. Geological Survey Water...closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the...was shipped in large quantities from the Bluestone mine, Nevada (Palache et al. 1951). Many of the soluble...MSO4·nH2O, wherein M represents divalent Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Mg, Cu, or Zn, and n ranges from 1 to 7. Mutual
Report (issue)
262(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Középső-György mine, Hungary. 4.78 (100), 3.484 (75), 6.02 (35), 4.29...44.51 Total 99.25 100.00 (1) Középső-György mine, Hungary; after subtraction of ferrohexahydrite...Association: Melanterite, copiapite, gypsum, epsomite, alunogen. Distribution: Widespread but typically in small...Naples, Campania, Italy. From the Középső-György mine, Recsk, Mátra Mountains, Hungary. At Falun, Sweden...In the USA, from the Alum Mountain district, Grant Co., New Mexico; at the Sulfur Hole prospect, near Borate
Report (issue)
Sideronatrite, metavoltine, ungemachite, ferrinatrite, alunogen, natrojarosite, pickeringite, sulfur, tamarugite...National Monument, Wayne Co., Utah; from the Yazzie No. 101 mine, near Cameron, Coconino Co., Arizona; large...Springs Point sulfur mine, eight km east-southeast of Crescent Valley, Eureka Co., Nevada. In the Sydney...Sydney coalfield, Nova Scotia, Canada. From Trerubies Cove, near Delabole, Cornwall, and at Barton-on-Sea...Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, England. From north of Ballybunion, Co. Kerry, Ireland. At the Lanjarón mineral springs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic Karviná Mine, ČSA Mining Plant, ul. Čs. armády 1, 735 06 Karviná-Doly...acid waters in mining waste and acidification in mine dumps, which are two of the most significant environmental...easily seen. However, underground investigations in mine workings can be difficult because of mining methods...that must be followed. Sulfate mineralization in mine workings is found primarily in the sections of seams...seams that have been exposed to the effects of the mine atmosphere for a long time. Moreover, after the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
western Peloponnesus,Greece,contain halotrichite, alunogen, voltaite, melanterite, gypsum, and native S....Table 1. DrscussroN Aggregatesof halotrichite, alunogen,voltaite, and melanterite have been observedin...doneby atomicabsorptionfor Fe,A1,Ca,Mg, Mn, Sr,Ni, Co, from observations on similar mineral assemblages(Ehand...abundance, halotrichiterr.or.tro.lili"#fl1' !a' alunogen (Al,(So4)3.l7Hro),voltaite K,r";-eej-tSO.l,,....andgypsum(CaSO.'Zffr6. atively high values of Ni, Zn, and Co correspond to the The white to pale greenaggregates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochemistry of aluminum. The likely candidates include alunogen, A12(S0,)s. 17H20, alunite, KAI,(S0,)2(0H)6, jurbanite...this report the log K,, = -7.0 is estimated for alunogen and log K,r = - 17.8 is estimated for jurbanite...function of pH and sulfate activity at 298 K. Alunogen is stable only at pH values too low for any natural...different types of aquatic environments: (a) acid mine waters (Gang and Langmuir, 1974; Nordstrom et al...populations this effect might be noticed, e.g. acid mine drainage mixing with lake waters (Nordstrom et al
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Report (issue)
product; formed in caves. Association: Kalinite, alunogen, epsomite, melanterite, copiapite, gypsum. Distribution:...Quay Co.; at The Geysers, Sonoma Co., California; from Alum Point, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In Canada, at...at Newport, Nova Scotia, and from the junction of the two main branches of the Smoky River, Alberta. In
Book (edition)
94 95 97 98 Actinolite Mineral Production of Canada Gold Production of the World Silver Production...21 22 23 25 Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island 101 102 105 109 110...C. Hazelton-Telkwa B.C. Telkwa-Endako Central Canada Central Manitoba Mines Eastern Manitoba New Brunswick...Areas. ... 48 (insert) 35 Northwestern Quebec Nova Scotia 25 10 55 (insert) 53 79 (insert) Pre-Cambrian...Copper Mine, Howe Sound, B, C. . 39 Nickel Smelter, Coniston, Ont Nipissing Silver Mine, Cobalt
Catalog/List
.... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . ...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...twin xls on gneiss with chlorite .. PERISTERITE Canada Ontario, Bancroft -----:fanto gray-white cleavable...Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass in quartz
Report (issue)
Geological Survey Denver Federal Center, MS 973 Denver, CO 80225 1995 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction .........have been reported as secondary minerals from acid mine drainage areas (Alpers and others, 1994) were identified...particular sample (for example, the apparent lack of alunogen in one sample and gypsum in another. Table 3)... melanterite, rozenite, gypsum, epsomite, and alunogen are considered among the most soluble of the secondary...Jambor, J.L., 1994, Secondary minerals and acid mine-water chemistry: in Jambor, J.L. and Blowes, D.W
Report (volume)
Stations: Bulletin, nos. 1-3. Berkeley, Cal. . . Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Report for 1911; Memoirs... 21, »c-. -'-, 24, 27, 28, 35. Ottawa, Out. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Summary Report...Mining Journal, vol. 33. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Carnegie Institution of Washington: Yearbook,...vols. 65, 66. Denver, Colo. Mining Society of Nova Scotia, vol. 17. Halifax, N. S. Mining and Engineering...Economic Paper, nos. 25-26, 28-31. Raleigh, N. C. Nova Scotia Institute of Science: Proceedings and Transactions
Journal (issue)
hotel room rates typically double during the event (mine going from a standard $99 a night to an unwarranted...per year, or $46.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for...including fuzzy carpets of wire gold from the Olinghouse mine, precious opal from Virgin Valley, and thumbnail...cuprite crystals. Russell Rizzo (Cal Neva Mineral Co.) showed off a 7cm translucent emerald crystal from...cabinet-size dioptase specimens from the Carbonera mine in Peru, and a lot of the wonderful new grape-green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
State Park (39-04-45N 09219-27W), a former strip mine in Excello Coal north of Columbia on U.S. Highway...mile west of Rucker and other area exposures: ALUNOGEN. GYPSUM (Broadhead 1901; Unklesbay 1952). Figure...Malachite, 4.2 cm high, Rueppele copper mine, Stanton, Franklin Co. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry HuWng...Hurne, and Foster vicinity in coal strip mines: alunogen, MELANTERITE, fluorescent and phosphorescent GYPSUM...County Knight bank (38-45-13N 093-03-44W). an iron mine 5 miles southwest of Fulton along Little Auxvasse
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5, Canada 2 Department of Geosciences, University...low-temperature environments, such as acidic soils and mine waters. The possible environments to find Al(OH)SO4...Al4SO4(OH)10·9H2O, felsobanyaite Al4SO4(OH)10·4H2O, alunogen Al2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O, and jurbanite/rostite AlSO4(OH)·5H2O...observations on aluminum activities in 127 acid mine waters and acid sulfate soil waters, Van Breemen...dissolved aluminum in acid sulfate soils and acid mine waters was provided by Van Breemen (1976) and Nordstrom
Report (volume)
Bulletin, Vol. I, Nos. 9-11. Berk. ; eley, Cal. : . Canada, Geological and Natural History Survey: Reports...Montreal, Canada. Canada, Royal Society: Proceedings and Transactions, Vol. XII. Montreal, Canada. Canadian...N. Y. Nova Scotian Institute of Science: Proceedings and Transactions, Vol. VIII. Halifax, Nova Scotia................................................. Canada................................................................................................ Canada ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
II. horizon of the Eastern shaft of Handlová coal mine (Slovak Republic) Pavol Myšľan1,2)*, Martin Števko1...II. horizon of the Eastern shaft of Handlová coal mine the occurrence of mineral assemblage of secondary...semiquantitative chemical analysis (EDS), namely gypsum, alunogen, pickeringite, melanterite, sideronatrite and...and aggregates, which crystallized on the walls of mine corridors. The dimensions of these accumulations...up to 5 cm. The refined unitcell parameters of alunogen (for the triclinic space group P-1) are: a 7.413(1)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
decades there were described several minerals as alunogen, amoniojarosite, botryogen, epsomite, halotrichite...thesis, Queen´s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1-160. Němec J. (1983) Geologie chráněného přírodního...A. (1987) Rare sulfate minerals from the Cetine mine, Tuscany, Italy. N. Jb. Miner., Mh. 4, 171-182....sulfates in the Sydney coalfield of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. II. Pyrite and its alteration products. Can
Catalog/List
- ·MINERALS 200 Napier Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Telephone: 1 (705) 726-~713 o LIST #3 - APRIL...ACTINOLITE: Gooderham, Ontario, Canada. crystals ACTINOLITE: St. Hilaire. Qu0bec, Canada, acicular sprays and tufts...Italy. massive, green 2 variety ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. crystals ADAMITE,variety...sections AS /\BOVE AEGERINE: St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. acicular sprays and tufts, crystal sections AEGERINE...AEGERINE,ALBIT~: St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. crystal sections, sprays and tufts AENIGMATITE, varfoty
Report (volume)
Sulfates Barite Celestite Anglesite Anhydrite Gypsum Alunogen (solfaterite) Lanark! te Alunite Botryogen (idrizite)...Passaic Counties, N. J., and Orange County, N. Y.; Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland, Northumberland, and parts...vague and inclusive names as Africa, India, and Canada. Also many specimens were found when different...Allophane_ Collyrite_.. Malthacite... Razoumovskyn. Alunogen: Solfaterite. _. Amazonstone. (See microcline...Swarthmore, Pa__-___ Chiastolite_ Lancaster, Mass__._ Cumberland, England _ Baregas, France_.__._ Andesine. Esterel
Catalog/List
only to the United States, its possessions, and Canada. Please request prices for shipment to other countries...sulfate, average size 1 x l", eight for $1.00. ALUNOGEN. New Mexico. Xline mass, 3 x 6", $2.00. "AMBER...Masses with polished surface • from the Patapsco Mine. About ax 2¼", $4.00. CASSITERITE. A tin oxide...coating rock, 2 x 2", $.35; 2 x 3", $.46. Abenab Mine, Southwest Africa. Xled and massive on and in a...coSALITE. A sulfide of lead and bismuth. Abenab Mine, Southwest Africa. Partly British Columbia. Xline
Book (edition)
The ore deposits of the United States and Canada James Furman Kemp NO TEXT ON PAGE This page does not...engine. THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. BY JAMES FURMAN KEMP, A.B., E.M., PROFESSOR OF... the title has been expanded so as to in clude Canada, since the nature of the contents now justifies...114-121; Greenbrier Co., W. Va., 121; Mansfield ores, Penn., 121, 152; Ex ample 7, Crawford Co., Mo., 122, 123;...123; Example 8, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 123-125; Example 9, Lake Superior hematites, 125; intro ductory
 
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