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Natroalunite from
Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Natroalunite
Formula:NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zinkenite2 photos of Natroalunite associated with Zinkenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Natroalunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42892
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42892:3
GUID (UUID V4):535a3ffb-7af3-4ed0-83de-ff804158a9ea
Localities for Natroalunite in this Region
Itos Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv Rausch) Jase...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
Journal (issue)
livia Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail: alfredopetrov@earthlink.net Bill and Carol...Colorado 80020 e-mail: smith72@attglobal.net Bolivia, a landlocked nation three times as large as M...this gazetteer. INTRODUCTION Most people think of Bolivia as a land of great mountain ranges and high cold...description only fits the southwestern third of Bolivia. The two thirds of the country to the north and... Cerro Manomo. The northeastern two thirds of Bolivia contains the fastest growing regions; industrial
Journal (issue)
Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...of the Mazarrón-Águilas mining district, Murcia Province, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Desierto Sulfur Mine Potosi,Ä Bolivia Alfredo Petrov Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail: alfredopetrov@earthlink...off for the remote El Desierto sulfur mine in Bolivia to check on the progress of our specimen-mining
Catalog/List
MgOI-IF,OP0/4 217 ANDO RITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia Pure grey metallic mass 6x6mm£3 - - - -------------...2x2£12 CuCIOH 610 AUGELITE Mina Aninas, Atocha,Bolivia Nice sharp white crystals on qualtz-anll'Siderite·crystals...£6 lxl £1.50 lx2 £3 93 CYLINDRITE Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia rich mass of small grey cylinders in matrix...lxl½£18MgAIFeSiBO ■■ HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE Wessels M"me, N.Cape Province, South Afnc 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammen, near...£4 lx2 £8 2x2 £15 257 LUESHITE Lueshe, Kivu Province, Zaire Single black cubic crystal section a) 3mm
Catalog/List
Feldspar ____ _ 117 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia Pure grey metallic mass PbAgSbS 6x6mm£3 5 ANDRADITE...2x2£12 CuCIOH 610 AUGELITE . Mina Aninas, Atocha,Bolivia Nice sharp white crystals on qu~-ano~iderite crystals...Espey mine, Emct,Turkey 93 CYLINDRITE Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia Pure grey fibrous vein section rich mass of...242 ■ HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE Wessels Mine, N.Cape Province, South Afii< 210 KORNERUPINE Kazabazua, Quebec...Langban, Werrnland, Sweden 257 LUESHITE Lueshe, Kivu Province, Zaire 1 to 2mm brown grains, scattered in pale
Catalog/List
3x4 £8 ~elrJspar 217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl...£12 Cu Cl OH 610 AUGELITE Mina Aninas, Atocha,Bolivia Nice sharp white crystals on qual'l!.e-antl:Sider-ite...Turkey , no other details 93 CYLINDRITE Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia pure mass, pale yellow fluorescence and phosphorescence...Langban Wermlnnd Sweden 257 LUESHITE Lueshe, Kivu Province, Zaire A manganoan Biolilc Mien. Pure brown mass...SiO 261 ■ MANGANVESUVIANITE Wessels Mine,, Cape Province South /\fn• 441 MAGNESIOGEDRITE Schisshyllan,
Report (issue)
__________________—— Argentina _____________________—— Bolivia —_—_____————————————— Chile _______________________...alunite-rich altered volcanic rock in Chekiang Province, China, has been mined since the 17th century...percent. The formula for the sodium isomorph, natroalunite, is NaAl3 (S04 ) 2 (OH) 6 ; its theoretical...small amount of Na in substitu­ tion for K, and natroalunite invariably contains appreciable K. By convention...convention, the mineral is called natroalunite when the atomic (not weight) ratio of Na:K equals or exceeds
Catalog/List
--·· -·Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bolivia 6x6mm £3 217 A1'DORITE . PbAgSb_S _ ___ _ --·...£2.SO_ ··----- ··· ·- ··. -·•·•· --- Poopo, Oruro. Bolivia lxl £5 lx2 £10 2x2 £25 Ix½ £3 · ·· . . -··...fi~J_time tllis_1!as been_fo_un_d_as_nuggets. . -Bolivia Bi ... -. · . --· . - -- - -- -- --- - ·· Pure...mainly in inches Page9 279 NATIVE GOLD £12 Ayama Bolivia Several (about 10) I to 2 mm alluvial Au flakes...· •· Mexico - -·--··-- ·-· ··- ____ £10 198 NATROALUNITE pure white slightly fibrous mass. Marysvillc
Book
C. Rouse) 5:280-287 BOLIVIA The mineralogy of the department of Oruro, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.)...creedite at Colquiri, Inquisivi province, department of La Paz, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.) 6:278-281...from Llallagua, Bolivia (by A. R. Kampf) 13:235-239 The El Drag6n mine, Potosf, Bolivia (by G. Grundmann...creedite at Colquiri, Inquisivi province, depanment of La Paz, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.) 6:278-281...16:443-458 The mineralogy of the department of Oruro, Bolivia 6:125-137 M01phologyand occurrence of Bolivian
Book (edition)
internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample as above:...(West Wits Line), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa; PPL B Intergrowth of electrum (yellowish...Bleida, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco (sample: Goldmann/Oberthür);...(Ovifak), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland (sample: Kenkmann);
Catalog/List
Briuany, France 610 AUGELITE Mina Aninas, Atocha,Bolivia Rich pinkish-grey mass in dark grey hornfels. Nice...2x2 £4 109 CORDIERITE India 105 ■■ CASSITERITE Bolivia -no more informarion Pure dark blue translucent...Lake Alaotra Madagascar 93 CYLINDRITE Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia Yellow- green small crystal group rich mass...Ix2£3 242 HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE Wessels Mine, N.Cape Province, South Afri1 1020 LEUCITE Roccamonfina,ltaly Good...Monastry Mine, South Africa 257 LUESHITE Lueshe, Kivu Province, Zaire pure grey mass (from Kimberlite Pipe) Single
Catalog/List
Porphyl)·. Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine. Oruro, Bolivia 6x6mm £3 23 ANHYDRITE Rich white to faintly...Gnronne, Var. Frnncc I x I £ 1 .20 Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia I x ½ £3 I x ½ £4 lx2 £2. 50 l x2 £2.5 0...NA TJVE SILVER Ag NATIVE TELLURIUM Te 1 98 NATROALUNITE Na Al S0/4 OH 298 NATROJAROSITE Na Fe S0/4...5 I x I . 5 £20 Rio Quilacc. Santa Cruz Depl Bolivia Kcwecnaw peninsula Michigan I x 1/, £2 Ix I £4...Magnification needed for the smaller ones. Ayama Bolivia Several (about I 0) I 10 2 mm alluvial flakes in
Catalog/List
___ _____ _ _ _ _ 21 7 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bol ivia 6x6mm £3 Pure grey metallic mass -�b Ag...hexagonal (aragonite twin shape) Corrocorro La Paz, Bolivia --��- _ ___ __ __ _ ______ . b) 7mm 'sputnik' intergrown...1 1 7 CUPROADAMITE Zn Cu AsO/4 £2.50 Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia rich mass of small grey cylinders in I x'/2... Several (about I 0) I lo 2 mm alluvial Ayama Bolivia 279 NATIVE GOLD £1 2 akcs in capsule �- __ _ _...Ulah,USA pure white sligh1ly fibrous mass. 1 98 NATROALUNITE '/2 inch £ I x ½ £ 1 .50 D Na Al SO/4 OH Rich
Report (issue)
and (4)32:418-424. Maria Teresa Mine, Huari, Bolivia G. H. Moh and F. Berndt, 1964. Two New Natu¬ ral...Establishment, Colorado Maria Teresa Mine, Huari, Bolivia E. S. Larsen and E. T. Wherry, 1925. Beidellite...fiir Mineralogie, Geo- Pacaake, Colquechaca, Bolivia 1929) Arizona Geologie, (A. Volborth, 1960)...Mineralier och Bergarter. Ofveraf Survey, Salta province, Argentina Tv'ara, L. J. Iglestrom, 1868. Bidrag...Gamagarite NMNH 105142 Postmasburg, Cape Province, South Africa J. E. de Villiers, 1943. Gamagarite
Catalog/List
--CHALCOCITE Gcevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall CASSITERITE Bolivia -no more informnrion S I G 105 131ack micro crystals...Adamitc I x I £3 - I x2 £6 93 CYLINDRITE Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia rich mass of small grey cylinders in 111atrix...2x3£6 lx2£2 IxI 80p 2 2 1 ■ HUBEITE Ezhou, 1-lubei Province, China brown micro crystals on small quartz crystals...County,Arizonn, US, 257 LUESHITE 22 9 Lucshe, Kivu Province, Zaire white micro crystals all over saguaro cactus...NATIVE BISMUTH Rio Qui laec, Santa Cruz Dcpt, Bolivia Stream worn pure metallic nodule 5mm £4 Bi NATIVE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ankerite Muscovite Antigorite Nacrite Apatite Natroalunite Barite Native copper Beidellite Biotite Calcite...phasein suchalterations. In any event the depositsin Bolivia have tourmaline in associationwith kaolinite, chlorite...icite Chlorite zone Fresh albite syenite Oruro, Bolivia. Chase(20). Vein Intensephase. Sericite, pyrite...Chaee, F. M., 1948, Tin-silver veins of Oruru, Bolivia: Ecoa. Grot.., v. 43, p. 333-383 and 435-470. ...Turneaure, F. S., 1935, The tin depositsof Llallagua, Bolivia: Ecom G•.oI.., v. 30, p. 14-60, and 170-190. 92
Book (edition)
(yellowish to blue grey anisotropy); Huallatani Mine, Bolivia [c]; Nic. + C Twinned skeletal bismuth (distinct...(dark grey); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. // Anhedral domeykite as fissure...(dark grey); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. // Domeykite (dark grey), safflorite...reflections); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. + 94 Domeykite A 60 μ C...(light grey); Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia [j]; Nic. // Euhedral mass of canfieldite
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that Karkas alunite is in the range of alunite-natroalunite solid solution. Investigation on REE behavior...activities on soils and lacustrine sediments in Oruro, Bolivian Altiplano SHIZHEN TAO*, CAINENG ZOU,...#803, Casilla 13518 Correo 21, Santiago, Chile Oruro Department exhibits numerous polymetallic deposits...isotope evidence from the Greenland-Labrador diamond province S. TAPPE1*, D.G. PEARSON2, L.M. HEAMAN1, G. NOWELL2...This case from the Greenland-Labrador diamond province lends support to the importance of cratonic mantle
Book (edition)
Pacajakesilvcr mine,near Haicoand Colquechaca,Bolivia.48, 1183,BFCUNC7. 1-4, 54. 448-4S6, CM 12, 304--307...Provvidenzakaolinquarry,Allumierc,Tolfa Mount district,Roma Province,Lazio,ltaly,NJMM 1976,40~17 (str.),AC 18, 249-252...NaB1OiOH),. mon., Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta Province, Argentina. 52, 935-945, 60, 879-883 (str.) D... Wilagedera iron orc prospcct.. •orth Western Province. Sri Lanka, CM 36. 905-912 .\lica group D Anapaite......mon.. type localityuncertain,but may be Oruro,Bolivia, Zeit.tchr/ftfiirKrisrallographie (1987)180
Book
from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram is near that...product of blockite (q.v.), from Colquechaca, Bolivia. Perhaps identical with cobaltomenite. Named after...chemical composition. [Evidently identical with natroalunite.] [M.A., 5, 200.] 13th List Allargentum. P....halloysite in appearance, from Almeria. 6th List [Is Natroalunite; M.M., 33, 353] Aloisiite. L. Colomba, 1908...from the Wilagedera iron ore body, North-Western Province, Ceylon is related to the brittle micas, but contains
Book
blue-green. Mira Flores mine, Huanuni dist., Oruro, Bolivia. H=?, Djj4= 2.85, D(;= 2.89, VHD 08. Foord...Vitreous brownish-pink, red. Colquechaca, Potosi, Bolivia. H= 2-2.5, Djjj= 3.37, D(.= 3.51, VIG 01. Herzenberg...Lustrous black. Wilagedera prospect. North Western Province, Sri Lanka. H= 3-4, 0^= 3.94, Dg= 3.97, VIIIE...Lustrous black. Wilagedera prospect. North Western Province, Sri Lanka. H= 3-4, Djjj= 3.94, D(.= 4.22, VIIIE...greenish, yellowish, etc. Marmato, Andes Mts., Bolivia. H= 5-6, Djjj= 2.68, D(.= 2.68, VIIIF 03. Abich
Book
by reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical feature...fluorescence come from the Contacto Vein, Llallagua, Bolivia. Such specimens should be viewed in a fully dark...short-wave. The San José mine in Oruro in the tin district of Bolivia furnishes apatite crystals that...known from Magnet Cove, Arkansas; Cochabamba, Bolivia; Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil; Tvedalen, Langesundfjord...environment. Fluorapatite from the San José mine in Oruro, Bolivia, is found as trans- parent hexagonal prisms
Book
by reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical...fluorescence come from the Contacto Vein, Llallagua, Bolivia. Such specimens should be viewed in a fully dark...short-wave. The San José mine in Oruro in the tin district of Bolivia furnishes apatite crystals that...known from Magnet Cove, Arkansas; Cochabamba, Bolivia; Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil; Tvedalen, Langesundfjord...environment. Fluorapatite from the San José mine in Oruro, Bolivia, is found as trans- parent hexagonal prisms
Book (volume)
Ca2B4O4(OH)7Cl·7H2O Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Description: Grey grains from the...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. Description: Colourless crystal. Identified...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. Description: White-grained aggregate
 
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