Sulphohalite
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Formula:
Na6(SO4)2FCl
Colour:
Colourless, gray, greenish yellow; colourless in transmitted light.
Lustre:
Vitreous, Greasy
Hardness:
3½
Crystal System:
Isometric
Name:
The name is derived from its composition, containing SULFur, plus Greek "hals", salt, alluding to its content of halogens. Originally described from the Searles Lake, California, USA by Hidden and MacKintosh (1888).
Type Locality:
Sulphohalite Subgroup.
Sulphohalite is an ordered double antiperovskite with the anti-elpasolite structure (Krivovichev 2008).
Sulphohalite is an ordered double antiperovskite with the anti-elpasolite structure (Krivovichev 2008).
Classification of Sulphohalite
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
First Published:
1888
6/B.12-10
7.BD.05
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
B : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, without H2O
D : With only large cations
7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
B : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, without H2O
D : With only large cations
30.1.7.1
30 : ANHYDROUS SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
1 : (AB)m(XO4)pZq, where m:p>2:1
30 : ANHYDROUS SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
1 : (AB)m(XO4)pZq, where m:p>2:1
26.2
26 : Sulphates with Halide
26 : Sulphates with Halide
Physical Properties of Sulphohalite
Vitreous, Greasy
Transparency:
Transparent
Comment:
Luster weak.
Colour:
Colourless, gray, greenish yellow; colourless in transmitted light.
Hardness:
3½ on Mohs scale
Optical Data of Sulphohalite
Type:
Isotropic
Chemical Properties of Sulphohalite
Formula:
Na6(SO4)2FCl
IMA Formula:
Na6(SO4)2ClF
Crystallography of Sulphohalite
Crystal System:
Isometric
Class (H-M):
m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral
Morphology:
Crystals commonly dodecahedral; also octahedral, or with combinations of a, o and d.
Comment:
Spacegroup: Fm 3 ̄ m (Krivovichev 2008)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction
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Radiation - Copper Kα
Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.
Occurrences of Sulphohalite
Paragenetic Mode(s):
Type Occurrence of Sulphohalite
Synonyms of Sulphohalite
Other Language Names for Sulphohalite
German:Sulfohalit
Sulphohalit
Sulphohalit
Russian:Сульфогалит
Simplified Chinese:卤钠石
Spanish:Sulfohalita
Sulphohalita
Sulphohalita
Traditional Chinese:鹵鈉石
Relationship of Sulphohalite to other Species
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
| 7.BD.05 | Sulfohalite | Na6(SO4)2FCl | |
| 7.BD.10 | Galeite | Na15(SO4)5F4Cl | Trig. |
| 7.BD.10 | Schairerite | Na21(SO4)7ClF6 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) |
| 7.BD.15 | Kogarkoite | Na3(SO4)F | Mon. |
| 7.BD.20 | Caracolite | Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl | Mon. |
| 7.BD.20 | Cesanite | Na3Ca2(SO4)3(OH) | Hex. |
| 7.BD.20 | Aiolosite | Na4Bi(SO4)3Cl | Hex. 6/m : P63/m |
| 7.BD.25 | Burkeite | Na6(CO3)(SO4)2 | Orth. |
| 7.BD.30 | Hanksite | Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | Hex. 6/m : P63/m |
| 7.BD.35 | Cannonite | Bi2(SO4)O(OH)2 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
| 7.BD.40 | Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 7.BD.45 | Grandreefite | Pb2(SO4)F2 | Mon. 2/m |
| 7.BD.50 | Itoite | Pb3Ge4+(SO4)2O2(OH)2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
| 7.BD.55 | Chiluite | Bi3Te6+Mo6+O10.5 | Hex. |
| 7.BD.60 | Hectorfloresite | Na9(SO4)4(IO3) | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
| 7.BD.65 | Pseudograndreefite | Pb6(SO4)F10 | Orth. 2 2 2 : F2 2 2 |
| 7.BD.70 | Sundiusite | Pb10(SO4)O8Cl2 | Mon. |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
| 26.1 | Kogarkoite | Na3(SO4)F | Mon. |
| 26.3 | Schairerite | Na21(SO4)7ClF6 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) |
| 26.4 | Galeite | Na15(SO4)5F4Cl | Trig. |
| 26.5 | Connellite | Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4 · 3H2O | Hex. 6 m2 : P62c |
| 26.6 | Chlorothionite | K2Cu(SO4)Cl2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
| 26.7 | Kamchatkite | KCu3(SO4)2OCl | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
| 26.8 | Spangolite | Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl · 3H2O | Trig. 3m : P3 1c |
| 26.9 | Aubertite | CuAl(SO4)2Cl · 14H2O | Tric. 1 |
| 26.10 | Magnesioaubertite | (Mg,Cu)Al(SO4)2Cl · 14H2O | |
| 26.11 | Svyazhinite | (Mg,Mn2+,Ca)(Al,Fe3+)(SO4)2F · 14H2O | Tric. |
| 26.12 | D'Ansite | Na21Mg(SO4)10Cl3 | Iso. |
| 26.13 | Anhydrokainite | KMg(SO4)Cl | |
| 26.14 | Kainite | KMg(SO4)Cl · 3H2O | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 26.15 | Mosesite | (Hg2N)(Cl,SO4,MoO4) · H2O | Iso. |
| 26.16 | Kleinite | (Hg2N)(Cl,SO4) · nH2O | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
| 26.17 | Wilcoxite | MgAl(SO4)2F · 17H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| 26.18 | Creedite | Ca3SO4Al2F8(OH)2 · 2H2O | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
| 26.19 | Lannonite | Mg2Ca4Al4(SO4)8F8 · 24H2O | Tet. 4/m : I4/m |
| 26.20 | Chukhrovite-(Y) | Ca3(Y,Ce)[F|SO4|(AlF6)2] · 10H2O | Iso. |
| 26.21 | Chukhrovite-(Ce) | Ca3(Ce,Y)[F|SO4|(AlF6)2] · 10H2O | Iso. |
| 26.22 | Grandreefite | Pb2(SO4)F2 | Mon. 2/m |
| 26.23 | Pseudograndreefite | Pb6(SO4)F10 | Orth. 2 2 2 : F2 2 2 |
| 26.24 | Sundiusite | Pb10(SO4)O8Cl2 | Mon. |
| 26.25 | Caracolite | Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl | Mon. |
| 26.26 | Mammothite | Pb6Cu4AlSb5+O2(OH)16Cl4(SO4)2 | Mon. 2 : B2 |
| 26.27 | Atlasovite | K(BiO)Cu6Fe3+(SO4)5O3Cl | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/ncc |
| 26.28 | Xitieshanite | Fe3+(SO4)Cl · 6H2O | Mon. |
| 26.29 | Nabokoite | KCu7(SO4)5(Te4+O3)OCl | Tet. |
Other Information
Notes:
Slowly soluble in cold water.
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 Sulphohalite
Reference List:
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Hidden, W.E. and MacKintosh, A. (1888) Sulphohalite, a new sodian sulphato-chloride. American Journal of Science, 3rd Series: 36: 463
Zeitschr. Kristallographie (1889), Band 15: 294.
Penfield, Samuel Lewis (1900), On the chemical composition of sulphohalite: American Journal of Science, 4th. series: 9: 425-428.
E.S. Larsen in Gale and Hicks (1914) American Journal of Science: 38: 273.
Foshag (1920) American Journal of Science: 49: 76.
Foshag, Wm. F. (1933) Sulfohalite and Other Minerals from the Otjiwalundo Salt Pan, South West Africa. American Mineralogist: 18: 431-434.
Pabst (1934) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 89: 514.
Watanabé (1934) Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo: 10: 575.
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: 548-549.
American Mineralogist (1963): 48: 485-510.
Sakamoto, Y. (1968) The size, atomic charges and motion of the sulfate radical of symmetry 43m in the crystal of sulfohalite, Na6ClF(SO4)2. Hiroshima University Journal of Science, series C: 32: 101-108. (elsewhere listed as: Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University. Series A-II, Physics and Chemistry 32, 101-108)
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry: 10: 1-112.
Omori, K. (1970) Infrared study of sulphohalite. American Mineralogist: 55: 1879-1910.
Mineralogical Magazine (1975): 40: 131-139.
Krivovichev, S.V. (2008) Minerals with the antiperovskite structure: a review. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 223: 109-115
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Localities for Sulphohalite
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The Locality List
(TL) indicates type locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) indicates first recorded locality for everything else. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
China | |
| Kezao Chen (1992): Quaternary Sciences 3(8), 193-202 | |
Namibia | |
| Specimen in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Natural History |
| Foshag, Wm. F. (1933) Sulfohalite and Other Minerals from the Otjiwalundo Salt Pan, South West Africa. American Mineralogist: 18: 431-434; 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: 549. | |
Tanzania | |
| Kaldos, R, Guzmics, T., Mitchell, R.H., Dawson, J.B., Milke, R., and Szabo, C. (2015) A melt evolution model for Kerimasi volcano, Tanzania: Evidence from carbonate melt inclusions in jacupirangite. Lithos , 238 , 101-119 |
USA (TL) | |
| Hidden, William Earl & James B. MacKintosh (1888), Sulphohalite a new sodium sulphato-chloride: American Journal of Science, 3rd. series: 36: 464; Penfield, Samuel Lewis (1900), On the chemical composition of sulphohalite: American Journal of Science, 4th. series: 9: 425-428; Pabst, Adolf, Dwight L. Sawyer, Jr. & George S. Switzer (1963), Galeite and related phases in the system Na2SO4.NaF.NaCl: American Mineralogist: 48: 485; Smith, George Irving & D.V. Haines (1964), Character and distribution of nonclastic minerals in the Searles Lake evaporite deposit, California: USGS Bulletin 1181-P: 27; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 281-283; 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: 340, 549; Mineralogical Magazine (1975): 40: 131; Mineralogical Record (2007): 38: 213.; Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1915), Mineralogy of the Searles Lake deposits in Salines in the Owens, Searles, and Panamint basins, southeastern California: USGS Bulletin 580: 296-308 |
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA