Palmierite
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About Palmierite
Formula:
(K,Na)2Pb(SO4)2
Colour:
Colourless, white; colourless in transmitted light
Lustre:
Vitreous, Pearly
Hardness:
2
Crystal System:
Trigonal
Name:
After Luigi Palmieri (1807-1896), Italian scientist and Director, Vesuvius Observatory.
Isostructural with:
The lead analogue of Kalistrontite. Compare eleomelanite.
In experimental volcanic gas condensation by Africano et al. (2002) it deposited in the range of ca. 600-400oC.
In experimental volcanic gas condensation by Africano et al. (2002) it deposited in the range of ca. 600-400oC.
Classification of Palmierite
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
6/A.08-30
7.AD.40
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
A : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) without additional anions, without H2O
D : With only large cations
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
A : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) without additional anions, without H2O
D : With only large cations
28.4.3.1
28 : ANHYDROUS ACID AND NORMAL SULFATES
4 : Miscellaneous
28 : ANHYDROUS ACID AND NORMAL SULFATES
4 : Miscellaneous
25.7.5
25 : Sulphates
7 : Sulphates of Pb
25 : Sulphates
7 : Sulphates of Pb
Physical Properties of Palmierite
Optical Data of Palmierite
Type:
Uniaxial (-)
Chemical Properties of Palmierite
Formula:
(K,Na)2Pb(SO4)2
IMA Formula:
K2Pb(SO4)2
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Palmierite
Crystal System:
Trigonal
Class (H-M):
3m (3 2/m) - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
Space Group:
R3m
Cell Parameters:
a = 5.49 Å, c = 20.84 Å
Ratio:
a:c = 1 : 3.796
Unit Cell V:
543.97 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
3
Morphology:
Crystals are microscopic micaceous plates {0001}, with hexagonal outlines.
X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacing | Intensity |
---|---|
6.948 Å | (35) |
4.333 Å | (45) |
3.138 Å | (100) |
2.749 Å | (70) |
2.557 Å | (35) |
2.156 Å | (30) |
2.068 Å | (35) |
Type Occurrence of Palmierite
Geological Setting of Type Material:
Volcanic fumaroles
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Other Language Names for Palmierite
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
7.AD. | Calciolangbeinite | K2Ca2(SO4)3 | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
7.AD. | Bubnovaite | K2Na8Ca(SO4)6 | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
7.AD.05 | Arcanite | K2SO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
7.AD.05 | Mascagnite | (NH4)2SO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
7.AD.10 | Mercallite | KHSO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
7.AD.15 | Misenite | K8H6(SO4)7 | Mon. |
7.AD.20 | Letovicite | (NH4)3H(SO4)2 | Tric. |
7.AD.25 | Glauberite | Na2Ca(SO4)2 | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
7.AD.30 | Anhydrite | CaSO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
7.AD.35 | Anglesite | PbSO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
7.AD.35 | Baryte | BaSO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
7.AD.35 | Celestine | SrSO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
7.AD.35 | Olsacherite | Pb2(Se6+O4)(SO4) | Orth. |
7.AD.40 | Kalistrontite | K2Sr(SO4)2 | Trig. |
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)
28.4.3.2 | Kalistrontite | K2Sr(SO4)2 | Trig. |
28.4.3.3 | Mereiterite | K2Fe(SO4)2 · 4H2O | Mon. |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
25.7.1 | Schaurteite | Ca3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2O | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
25.7.2 | Zircosulfate | (Zr,Ti)(SO4)2 · 4H2O | Orth. |
25.7.3 | Anglesite | PbSO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
25.7.4 | Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
25.7.6 | Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 | Mon. 2/m : P21/m |
25.7.7 | Elyite | Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4 · H2O | Mon. 2/m |
25.7.8 | Chenite | Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
25.7.9 | Osarizawaite | Pb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m |
25.7.10 | Itoite | Pb3Ge4+(SO4)2O2(OH)2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
25.7.11 | Fleischerite | Pb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
25.7.12 | Beaverite-(Cu) | Pb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m |
25.7.13 | Plumbojarosite | Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m |
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Palmierite
Reference List:
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Lacroix (1907) Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie: 30: 234.
Lacroix (1907) Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences de Paris: 144: 1397.
Lacroix (1908) Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie: 31: 261.
Zanbonini (1921) Rendus comitato geologico d’Italia, Rome, Bollettino: 48(3).
American Mineralogist (1922): 7: 195.
Cesàro (1934) Bull. Académie royale des sciences de Belgique, Brussels: (5): 20: 683.
Bellanca, A. (1946): La struttura della palmierite. Periodico di Mineralogia 15, 5-25 (in Italian).
Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Seventh edition, Volume II: 403-404.
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1973): 75-78.
Periodico di Mineralogia (1985): 54: 34.
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry: 10: 1-112.
Tissot, R. G., Rodriguez, M. A., Sipola, D. L. & Voigt, J. A. (2001): X-ray powder diffraction study of synthetic Palmierite, K2Pb(SO4)2. Powder Diffraction 16, 92-97.
Africano, F., Van Rompaey, G., Bernard, A., Le Guern, F. (2002): Deposition of trace elements from high temperature gases of Satsuma-Iwojima volcano. Earth Planets Space: 54: 275-286
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Localities for Palmierite
Locality List




All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Austria | |
| G. Blass, A. Pichler: Carinthia II 191./111.: 43-55 (2001) |
Chile | |
| samples analysed by Gerhard Mohn and Joy Desor |
Germany | |
| Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001 |
SCHNORRER, G. (1995): Mineralogische Neuheiten von bekannten deutschen Fundorten. Lapis 20 (12), 43-48; 62. | |
| Bender, D. and Krimmelbein, W. (1994) Aktuelle Übersicht: Mineralien der Zinkhütte Genna/Sauerland. Stand Juni 1994. Mineralien-Welt, 4/94, 10. |
| Blaß, G. & Graf, H. W. (1995): Neufunde von Schlackenhalden in der nördlichen Eifel (II). Mineralien-Welt, 6 (3), 28-31. |
Indonesia | |
| Symonds, R. (1993): Scanning electron microscope observations of Merapi Volcano, Indonesia. Geochemical Journal: 26: 337-350 |
Italy (TL) | |
| Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 404; Russo, M., 2006: I minerali di formazione fumarolica della grande eruzione vesuviana del 1906 |
Romania | |
| Hansen, S., Montero-Ruiz, I., Rovira, S., Steiniger, D., & Toderaş, M. (2019). The earliest lead ore processing in Europe. 5th millennium BC finds from Pietrele on the Lower Danube. PloS one, 14(4), e0214218. |
Russia | |
| Zelenski, M.E., Zubkova, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Polekhovsky, Yu.S. & Pushcharovsky, D.Yu. (2012): Cupromolybdite, Cu3O(MoO4)2, a new fumarolic mineral from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 749-757. |
Spain | |
| Calvo, M.(2014). Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. VI, Sulfatos (seleniatos, teluratos), cromatos, molibdatos y wolframatos. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid - Fundación Gómez Pardo. 653 pp. |
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia