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Chalcoalumite from
Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Mbombela, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Chalcoalumite
Formula:CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcoalumite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Mbombela, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:525667
Long-form Identifier:1:3:525667:9
GUID (UUID V4):679db4b3-ee60-4a4a-b822-b91aab3b4ca0
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Report (issue)
Cell Data: Space Group: P 21 (by analogy to chalcoalumite). c = 17.145 Ī² = 95.37ā—¦ Z = 4 a = 10.171 b...b = 8.865 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mbobo Mkulu Cave, South Africa. 8.550 (100), 4.271 (40), 7.87 (15),...28 0.26 0.07 27.90 0.03 100.83 (1) Mbobo Mkulu Cave, South Africa; C, N, H by gas chromatography; about...oxidation and leaching of Niā€“Cu from sulfides in the cave roof, reacting with aluminum from phyllosilicates...phyllosilicates and nitrate from bat guano (Mbobo Mkulu Cave, South Africa); in a sedimentary Uā€“V deposit (Jomac mine
Report (issue)
90.55ā—¦ Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mbobo Mkulu Cave, South Africa. 10.45 (100), 5.229 (50), 3.485 (30)...899 (10), 4.172 (10) Chemistry: (1) Mbobo Mkulu Cave, South Africa; desiccation of hydrombobomkulite with...and nitrate derived from bat guano (Mbobo Mkulu Cave, South Africa); in a sedimentary Uā€“V deposit (Jomac...Association: Allophane, mbobomkulite, chalcoalumite (Mbobo Mkulu Cave, South Africa); oswaldpeetersite, cuprite...Distribution: From the Mbobo Mkulu Cave, near Ngodwana, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa. At the Jomac mine
Report (issue)
Chalcoalumite CuAl4 (SO4 )(OH)12 ā€¢ 3H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...USA); mbobomkulite, hydrombobomkulite (Mbobo Mkulu Cave, South Africa). Distribution: In the USA, from Bisbee...mine, Table Mountain district, Churchill Co., Nevada. On the Spatsum claim, south of Ashcroft Manor, British...mine, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales. In England, at South Wheal Crebor, Tavistock, Devon, and in the Penberthy...the Baccu Locci mine, near Villaputzu, Sarrabus district, Sardinia, Italy. From the SjoĢˆ mine, near Grythyttan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW OCCURENCE OF NICKELALUMITE ON KARACHAGYR, SOUTH KIRGIZIA Vladimir Yu. Karpenko Fersman Mineralogical...monoclinic system, it occurs only in South Africa in Mbobo Mkulu cave (Martini, 1980). In autumn 2002 we...of carboniferoussiliceous schists outcrops in South Fergana, which are most rich in vanadium mineralization...Alai range. They belong to Early Carboniferous South Fergana melange complex, which serpentinite matrix...New occurrence of nickelalumite on KaraChagyr, South Kirgizia 1 Photo 1. A typical view on vanadiumbearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as a new mineral species from the Mbobo Mkulu cave, Nelspruit district, eastern Transvaal, in association...ā€œnickelalumiteā€: mbobomkulite, hydro mbobomkulite, chalcoalumite, alvanite and ankinovichite (Table 1). They...ā€œnickelalumiteā€ was considered as the nickel analogue of chalcoalumite (Williams & Khin 1971), the crystal structure...composition of ā€œnickelalumiteā€ from Karaā€“Chahgyr in South Kirgizia and have shown that significant amounts...New occurrence of nickelalumite on Karaā€“Chagyr, South Kirgizia. New data on minerals 39, 32-39. ________
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on fluellite from the Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, are orthorhombic, a 15.00(7), b 8.330(6)...with {001} cleavage in oxidized ore at Tsumeb, SW-Africa, are monoclinic, a 5.431, b 13.689, c 5.892A, fl...Am. Geol. Surv. S. Africa, 14, no. 2. Pale blue nodules from the Mbobo Mkulu cave are a higher hydrate...Surv. S. Africa, 14, no. 2. Pale blue nodules from the Mbobo Mkulu cave, Nelspruit district, Transvaal...then give an X-ray powder pattern near that of chalcoalumite (10th List); indexed accordingly on a monoclinic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
77(7), pp. 2901ā€“2912 The crystal structure of chalcoalumite: mechanisms of Jahn-Teller-driven distortion... Mills] ABSTRACT The crystal structure of chalcoalumite, ideally Cu2+Al4(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)3, monoclinic...an APEX-II CCD detector. In the structure of chalcoalumite, there is one S site, tetrahedrally coordinated...solely by hydrogen bonding. The structure of chalcoalumite consists of interrupted sheets of edge-sharing...layers of (SO4) tetrahedra and (H2O) groups. Chalcoalumite is a member of the nickelalumite group. Cu2+j6
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new picromerite-group mineral from Slyudorudnik, South Urals, Russia Elena V. Belogub & Sergey V. Krivovichev...the town of Slyudorudnik, Kyshtym District, Chelyabinsk area, South Urals, Russia. It is a supergene mineral...belogub@mineralogy.ru E. V. Belogub Faculty of Geology, South Urals State University, 8 July str 10, 456318 Miass...the town of Slyudorudnik, Kyshtym District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, South Urals, Russia (55Ā°40ā€²12ā€³ N 60Ā°21ā€²17ā€³E)...wavelength-dispersive spectrometer (Laboratory of Local Methods of Matter Fig. 4 The crystal structure of
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giant Verkhnekamskoe potassium salt deposit, 30-km south Romanovskiy area of the well-known giant Verkhnekamskoe...Verkhnekamskoe potassium salt deposit, 30-km south of of the city of Berezniki, Perm Krai, Western Urals, Russia...charge), are structurally closely related to the chalcoalumite group minerals, [M2+ Al4 (OH)12 ][(TO3 /SO4...M2+ filling one half of octahedral voids. The chalcoalumite group minerals have not been considered as a...dritsite and chalcoalumite group minerals indicates that the place of the chalcoalumite group members
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new Zn-Al hydrotalcite polytype from El Soplao cave (Cantabria, Spain) Rafael P. Lozano,1,* Carlos Rossi...Soplao cave (north Spain). The El Soplao zaccagnaite is speleothemic, i.e., formed in the cave, and therefore...therefore it represents a new cave mineral. The origin of El Soplao zaccagnaite is related to the diagenesis...Soplao cave (north Spain). The El Soplao zaccagnaite is a speleothem, i.e., formed in a cave, and therefore...therefore it represents a new cave mineral. The origin of El Soplao zaccagnaite is related to the diagenesis
Journal (volume)
New occurrence of nickelalumite on KaraChagyr, South Kirgizia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...from some leadzinc deposits of the Dalnegorsk district, Primorā€™ye . . . . . . . . . .106 Juri M. Dymkov...and Khibiny at Kola Peninsula, and Ilimaussaq in South Greenland. Proper komarovite, hydrous niobosilicate...komarovite from the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex South Greenland // N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 2002. ā„– 11. P. 497ā€“514...D. Mineralogy of DaraiPioz Alkaline Massive (South TyanShan). (Mineralogiya Shchelochnogo Massiva
Book (edition)
Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Artrocitc, Ivigtul cryolitc deposit. Ivittuut municipality. southwest Wi tgreenl Greenland. 73. 1492, ZK...2iOH)~. Lric.,3 km south of thc mouth of Akatorc Crcek, castcm Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Book
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada...tried to retain local names for subdivisions within a given country. For some local names the anglicized...given name is included in parentheses although most local names lack this designation. For example we use...colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(.= 2.646, VIIIA 10....orange-brown. Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48, D(,= 3.47
Book (volume)
alteration of different kinds of stacking of layers, local defects, etc.). For this reason, the interpretation...freedom per unit cell and qi and qj are deviations of local coordinates (i.e. lengths of chemical bonds and...frequencies of normal vibrations are determined by local force parameters of these bonds (see, e.g. Loghinov... Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province... Hydroboracite CaMgB6O8(OH)6Ā·3H2O Locality: District # 99, underground mine, Inder boron deposit, Atyrau
Journal (volume)
heavier matrix. AB ā€“ profile line. 2, 3 ā€“ points of a local analysis, numbers correspond to analyses numbers...(Astrophyllite) stream on the south slope of the Mt. Eveslogchorr in south- TsepiniteSr, (Sr,Ba,K)(Ti...V.D. Mineralogy of Alkaline Massif DaraiPiyoz (South Tien Shan). (Mineralogiya Shchelochnogo Massiva...Mineral Formula Basaluminite Cyanotrichite Chalcoalumite Kyrgyzstanite* Al4(SO4)(OH)10(H2O)45 Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2...[(NO3),(SO4)]2(OH)12(H2O)12 (Martini, 1980), and chalcoalumite, CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 (H2O)3 (Larsen, 1925; Williams
Book
Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy...Consolidated Mines. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Aheylite (Fe2*,Zn) Alg(PO,)4(OH)3Ā®4H,0, tric...(1989): Mineral. J. 14, 279. Flores mine, Huanuni District, Oruru, Bolivia. Agardite-(La) (La,Ca)CuĀ¢(AsO4)3(OH)6Ā°3H20...discovery locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay...Adelaide, Australia. Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. From Gk. allaktein, to change
Book (edition)
dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica)...pegmatitic origin in the same sequence: North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, etc. For some...Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co ...Germany, with xanthiosite as a furnace product at the South Terras mine, St.Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England
Book (edition)
(lower /eft) rnodochrosite, Nā€™Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...Union Formation in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES:...Colorado at the Pelican Dives mine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;
Book (edition)
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...Union Formation in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES:...Colorado at the Pelican Dives m.ine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota,
Book (edition)
Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15...15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities section includes a description of the...Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia...Yukon States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria
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Aus1rnlia. Thomas Nelson Aus1r.1lia. 102 Dodds S1rce1. South Mdbournc. Vic1oria 3205. Auslr.ilia Chapman & Hall...9 (for 1 952). p. 99. From (TL) Crackers Well. South Australia. Australia. Deposit located by air-borne...1 892) Syst. Mi11., 6th ed .. p. 50. A term of South American origin describing galena in granular form...Z=4 fPDF 29-330). (TL) Dutoitspan, Kimberley, South Africa. Named for A.F. Williams. Agalitc, syn. of talc...no. 9. p. 75. (TL) Akhtcnskoye limonite deposit, south Urals. R ussia. Named from locality. Akmit. syn
 
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