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Melanterite from
Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Coal Field
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Wet Chemical
XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1263731
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1263731:1
GUID (UUID V4):daedbbf8-9ddd-4b70-bc18-4b31c1087f68
Localities for Melanterite in this Region
1-B mine, #26 Colliery, Glace Bay, Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Prince mine, Point Aconi, Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite
3.5km (2.2 miles) Prince mine, Point Aconi, Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
28.5km (17.7 miles) 1-B mine, #26 Colliery, Glace Bay, Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Unwersit3 of Western Ontario,, Lon&~n, Ont. N6A 5B7 ; Canada) ( t{eceived September 26, 1986: accepted for publicalion...63:29 38. Hydrated iron sulfates identified as melanterite, rozenite, szomolnokite and halotrichite have...stored under normal atmospheric conditions. Melanterite and rozenite are likely the earliest hydrated...and Traill (1963) described the dehydration of melanterite to form rozenite and siderotil. Huggins et al..., and discussed the relative stabilities of melanterite and rozenite. The present study is concerned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a specimen may regenerate its once-destroyed melanterite when conditions become more favorable (but not...conditions become hot and dry, and the original melanterite is dehy­ drated; it has the same taste but is...chalky white. It may be destroyed by reverting to melanterite, so that humidity control is necessary for preservation...deep mine. The commonest sulfates are gypsum, melanterite, rozenite, and copiapite. The gyp­ sum is generally...poorly soluble in water, and is nearly tasteless. Melanterite may be in glassy fibers, white powdery or granular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mg, or Al sulfates, including halotrichite, melanterite, coquimbite, and alunogen (Omori and Kerr, 1963)...study sites was anticipated. The significance of the co-occurring bacteria Flavobacterium or Cytophaga of...[FeSO4d 4H2O], szomolnokite [FeSO4d H2O], and melanterite [FeSO4d 7H2O], which have been identified in...sulfate-mineral paragenesis in the Sydney Coalfield (Nova Scotia, Canada) that is linked directly to seasonal...following their formation by the dehydration of melanterite. Similarly, Zodrow et al. (1979) proposed aluminocopiapite
Report (chapter)
British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada D. Kirk Nordstrom U.S. Geological Survey Water...efflorescent salts atramentum sutorium virida or melanterite (also called melanteria) and atramentum sutorium...Secundus, 23-79 CE), the names “green vitriol” for melanterite and “blue vitr iol” for chalcanthite were in...MSO4·nH2O, wherein M represents divalent Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Mg, Cu, or Zn, and n ranges from 1 to 7. Mutual...acidity of the mother liquor is increased. The melanterite and epsomite groups are both heptahydrates that
Report (issue)
Geological Survey Denver Federal Center, MS 973 Denver, CO 80225 1995 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction .........minerals. In melanterite- and rozenite-rich samples, white-to-cream layers rich in melanterite ± rozenite...of halotrichite were also found embedded in melanterite-rozenite layers. Secondary minerals also form...minerals. Copiapite (Fig. 4a), halotrichite, melanterite, and rozenite are the minerals that form relatively...identified in only one sample, and in that sample melanterite is apparently absent and rozenite is not as abundant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
botryogen, epsomite, halotrichite, jarosite, melanterite, natrojarosite, pickeringite, gypsum and minerals...thesis, Queen´s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1-160. Němec J. (1983) Geologie chráněného přírodního...(1979) Hydrated sulfates in the Sydney coalfield of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. II. Pyrite and its alteration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
trace elements (72 mg/L As, 0.85 mg/L Cd, 26 mg/L Co, 160 mg/L Cu, 140 mg/L Zn). The precipitates consist...elements (e.g., >1000 ppm Cu and Zn, >500 ppm As and Co, up to 28 ppm Cd). The mineralogy is dominated by...pickeringite may be important in the retention of Ni, Co and Zn. Some unidentified accessory minerals play...magnesiocopiapite and pickeringite instead of melanterite, copiapite and halotrichite reflects Fe2+-poor...d’éléments traces (72 mg/L As, 0.85 mg/L Cd, 26 mg/L Co, 160 mg/L Cu, 140 mg/L Zn). Les précipités contiennent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
power on the surface of the sample. Rhomboclase, melanterite, rozenite, antlerite, and brochantite break down...lead to mineralogical transformations [e.g., melanterite Fe2+SO4⋅7(H2O) → rozenite Fe2+SO4⋅4(H2O), within...Copiapite Ferricopiapite Hydroniumjarosite Fe2+ Melanterite Rozenite Mg-, Al-, CaEpsomite Hexahydrite...Buzgar et al. 2009a). The Fe2+-bearing sulfates melanterite and rozenite occur in large quantities at CHOP...CHOP. The natural conversion of melanterite to rozenite is well-known to be very fast and may occur at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(EDS), namely gypsum, alunogen, pickeringite, melanterite, sideronatrite and epsomite. Sulphates form coatings...21.220(2) Å, β 100.36(1)°, V 3128.8(6) Å3 and melanterite (for the monoclinic space group P21/c): a 14...minerals, sulphates, alunogen, pickeringite, melanterite, hexahydrite, Handlová, Slovak Republic Obdrženo...na uhoľné ložiská vo svete, napríklad na ložisku Sydney coalfied v Kanade, kde boli identifikované epsomit...(Zodrow et al. 1979) alebo na ložisku Cumbrian coalfield Bull Mineral Petrolog 30, 2, 2022. ISSN 2570-7337
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
G., Kyriakopoulos K. G. (1986) Rozenite and melanterite in lignitic layers from the Voras mountain, western...R., Hemingway B. S. (2002) Determination of melanterite-rozenite nad chalcanthite -bonattite equilibria...(1979) Hydrated sulfates in the Sydney coalfield of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; II, pyrite and its alteration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, NOTES DECEMBER Rozenite and melanterite in lignitic layers from the Voras mountain, western...which an interesting occurrence of rozenite and melanterite has been found were collected from the Poulovits...with lignitic layers in which the rozenite and melanterite have been found. This paper describes the new...new occurrence ofrozenite and melanterite from the sulphide-rich lignitic layers. R o z e n i t e - m e...these surface layers, white fibrous crystals of melanterite (fig. la), cotton like concretions of white rozenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
marcasite + melanterite, which eventually oxidizes to melanterite + sulfuric acid. Melanterite is extruded...pit face, where they evaporate to form melanterite. The melanterite rapidly dehydrates to form rozenite...falls into a pile at the base of the wall, where melanterite, copiapite, and halotrichite are present. The...2O ferricopiapite fcop Fe53+O(SO4)6OH·20H2O melanterite mel Fe2+SO4·7H2O ferrohexahydrite fhex Fe2+SO4·6H2O...fall near the most direct path leading from melanterite (mel) to goethite (goe). By examining the geochemistry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada 2 Institute of Meteoritics, The University of New...We synthesized or obtained HHIS—szomolnokite, melanterite, rhomboclase, schwertmannite, ferricopiapite...History, Mineralogy, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada. E-mail: brendth@rom.on.ca 0003-004X/11/1112–1856$05...mineral abbreviations are: halotrichite (Hal), melanterite (Mel), ferrohexahydrite (Fhex), siderotil (Sidt)...crystals and XRD analysis indicates a mixture of melanterite [Fe2+SO4⋅7H2O] and rozenite [Fe2+SO4⋅4H2O] (Deposit1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, Canada K7L 3N6 b U.S. Geological Survey, Placer Hall,...Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Copiapite-group...sulfate minerals, such as Fe2+ sulfates (e.g., melanterite, szomolnokite), other mixed divalent–trivalent...Richmond mine Mineral Ideal formula Fe 2+ Melanterite Szomolnokite Fe2+SO4d 7H2O Fe2+SO4d H2O Fe...microscope (SEM) at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston. Spectra from an energy dispersion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Classificatlon, of clay ninerals 1 crystal shapes co) Clay Eineral nonqcLature 1 Crystal-chmlcal factors...Drugnanlte, (abstr) new nineral 809 Coplaplte, Canada 961 DUNN, P.J., review of. Mineyal Cordierlte Nones...petrologlcal inplications in the systen l'{90-Si0r-HrO-CO, 540 El Salvadoi, 2ieslfe LT46 Erdlte, new nlneral...Mg-cordierlte wlth ll2o content 367 Melanterite, nickeloan 968 Melting, of peridotlre + CO^ 37 406 Mmorials E. Dale...silicate melts and _: The solubllity _ behavior of CO^ in melts: A 1166 Raman spectros6opic study and _:
Journal (issue)
Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...Naom i Bird Wirewrapping China Mountain Turquoise Co Collector's Edge Collector's Stope Colorado Academ...Colorado Gem stone Colorado N uggets Comstock Mineral Co Creations o f Gold Crystals Unlimited Crystals from...o T L x p o s l t i o n s . T.O.Box 5054, Golden, CO 80401 November 3-51 2000 ...reentrants at the terminations of the crystal and the co-planarity of the d and d ’ faces 142 The Mineralogical
Report (volume)
GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY ISSN I529·6466 a c Melanterite stalactite (blue-green) Voltaite b Copiapite...Sciences University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Sergey V. Krivovichev and Peter C. Burns...Ni (Fig. 14c), and the melanterite group, {M2+(H2O)6}(SO4)(H2O), M = Fe2+, Co, Mn2+, Cu2+, Zn (Fig. ...coordinate the M2+ cations (Table 5). In the melanterite group, there is direct hydrogen bonding between...the minerals of the rozenite group, e.g. aplowite, [Co(SO4)(H2O)4], are based on the [M2(TØ4)2Ø8] cluster
Report (chapter)
closed drainage basins in arid environments. Melanterite (FeSO4·7H2O), rozenite (FeSO4·4H2O), and szomolnokite...Mineral Formula Al Mineral Formula Soluble II melanterite Fe SO4·7H2O siderotil FeIISO4·5H2O rozenite...anions such as selenate, arsenate, and nitrate when co-precipitated (Waychunas et al. 1995). Therefore,...Mountains, CO (Nordstrom et al., 1984) D: Precipitate from Doughty Springs, Delta County, CO (Headden,...Similar results for mine drainage from St. Kevin Gulch, CO (Kimball et al. 1994), Korea (Yu et al. 1999) and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Canadian Shield, p. 315-328. Geol. Surv. Canada Pap.78-10. Caporuscio, F. A. and S. A. Morse (1978)...Mineral. Petrol., 33,289-308. Dallwitz, W. B. (1968) Co-existing sapphirine and quartz in granulite from...granulites near Wilson Lake, central Labrador, Canada. Earth Planet. Sci. Leu., 10,325-328 Newton, R...plagioclase(seeBowen,1928,p. 1l l). For a naturalmagma with CO, aswell as HrO, there will be a rangein X",o in addition...8E 3.3 (* 5oo c r i . ) yro 0 ^ 'o:8 I .= CO fE a= oE @ ' = a = E(J nR o- : E o.8 o Orlhopyroxenes
Report (volume)
Berkeley, Calif. Canada Dept. Mines and Tech. Surveys, Mines Br. Memo. Ser.-Canada Department of Mines...Ottawa~ ~ Canada Dominion Observatory Pubs.-Canada Dominion Observatory Publications. Ottawa. Canada Geol...Geophysics Paper; Map; Mem.; Paper; Water Supply Paper-Canada Geological Survey Bulletin; Geophysics Paper; Maps;...Papers; Water Supply Papers. Ottawa. Canada Natl. Mus. BulL-Canada National Museum Bulletin. Ottawa. Canadian...Pacific Synopsis. Montreal, Winnipeg and Calgary, Canada. Carnegie Inst. Washington Pub.-Carnegie Institution
Book
327-9113 Fax (l l) 326-0538) Japan Kanda Book Trading Co. T anikawa Building 3-2 Kand Surugadai Chiyoda-Ku...also characteristic. The studies by Cohen and his co-authors on recent peats mainly from the southeastem...from the British Upper Carboniferous Pennine coalfield in particular. Spears 4 A. C. Scott recognizes...terrestrial sourced oils, particularly from Australia, Canada, Indonesia, China and from the Niger Delta. Murchison...precipitation. Most of these peatlands are in Russia, Canada, Fennoscandia and the British Isles. The main peat-forming
Report (volume)
possessions of the United States, the provinces of Canada, and well-known physiographic areas such as Appalachians...headings are Alabama, Alberta, Arctic America, Canada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevada, North...North America, Ontario, United States. The headings Canada and United States are used to index papers covering...Berkeley, Calif. Canada Dept. Mines and Tech. Surveys, Mines Br. Memo. Ser.-Canada Department of Mines...Ottawa. Canada Dominion Observatory Pubs.-Canada Dominion Observatory Publications. Ottawa. Canada Geol
Book (edition)
Segencen ted beac oe ee viii WIR re ore a ace co. «,«3 &-ayeeeievece Fhopard Tae in Oo inline alist...tarnntlerDamiseaimess cabaceys Serene somereeyi tan ka <1 CGI CO TMCOXHIG ccc se secs ey varus ee waste cuca gun's...0-seee sees 497 List L Minerals List M BONS ay co ca es ss List N SGGIMGEMNS .... s+ List O Geographic...entries, relationships are indicated by the tags CO, UF, BT, BA, BX, BZ, NT, NA, NX, NZ and SA. a....minerals In use since September 1977, coordinates (CO) have a fixed-field format of thirty characters.
Report (issue)
1920 1916 1920 OWNERSHIP HISTORY Co. Ferguson UNKNOWN Coal Co. UNKNOWN UNKNOWN COUNTIES LOCATION...reviewed low-temperature geothermal potential of Canada, including mine waters. Locations where communities...mine waters for heating include Springhill, Nova Scotia (Mason, 2009); Timmons, Ontario; Shettleston...Shettleston and other sites in Scotland; Yellowknife, Canada; several sites in Poland; and Butte, Montana and Pittsburgh...planned for Asturias, Spain, and Cape Breton and Gaspe Mines in Canada. One of the most visible and successful
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 3 (nos. 2, 3). Berkeley, Calif. Canada, Department of Mines, Geological Survey: Summary...eel.), 13; Memoirs 168, 171-174. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada, Department of Mines, Mines Branch: Annual Reports... nos. 725,.726, 732-737, 743. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada, Department of Mines, National Museum: Bulletins...Bulletins 53, 55, 57, 71, 73. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada, Dominion Observatory: Bibliography of Seismology, vols...Wash. Nova Scotia, Department of Public Works and Mines: Annual Reports, 1932, 1933. Halifax, Nova Scotia
 
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