Yavapaiite Group

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Yavapaiite

Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Yavapaiite

Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Yavapaiite

Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Yavapaiite

Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Yavapaiite

Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Yavapaiite

Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Yavapaiite

Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Yavapaiite

Grotta dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

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About Yavapaiite GroupHide

This page provides mineralogical data about Yavapaiite Group.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

39536

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:39536:6

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(UUID V4):

6f60a74b-fcc8-494c-bde4-80cf3b50a9a5

Crystal StructureHide

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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure

ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0000263	Yavapaiite	Graeber E J, Rosenzweig A (1971) The crystal structures of yavapaiite, KFe(SO4)2, and goldichite, KFe(SO4)2.4H2O American Mineralogist 56 1917-1933	1971		293
0000295	Yavapaiite	Anthony J W, McLean W J, Laughon R B (1972) The crystal structure of yavapaiite: A discussion American Mineralogist 57 1546-1549	1972		293
0014587	Eldfellite	Balic-Zunic T, Garavelli A, Acquafredda P, Leonardsen E, Jakobsson S P (2009) Eldfellite, NaFe(SO4)2, a new fumarolic mineral from Eldfell volcano, Iceland Mineralogical Magazine 73 51-57	2009	Eldfell volcano, Iceland	293

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Yavapaiite'
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'Graeber E J'
'Rosenzweig A'
_journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist'
_journal_volume 56 
_journal_year 1971
_journal_page_first 1917
_journal_page_last 1933
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 The crystal structures of yavapaiite, KFe(SO4)2, and goldichite, KFe(SO4)2.4H2O
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_database_code_amcsd 0000263
_chemical_formula_sum 'Fe K S2 O8'
_cell_length_a 8.152
_cell_length_b 5.153
_cell_length_c 7.877
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 94.90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 329.682
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.892
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/m 1'
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Fe   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
K   0.00000   0.00000   0.50000
S   0.37010   0.00000   0.20200
O1   0.23710   0.00000   0.06260
O2   0.31280   0.00000   0.37020
O3   0.47410   0.23250   0.18070
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Fe 0.00912 0.00456 0.01165 0.00000 -0.00089 0.00000
K 0.02824 0.02254 0.01330 0.00000 0.00367 0.00000
S 0.00849 0.00393 0.00887 0.00000 0.00127 0.00000
O1 0.00950 0.01368 0.01799 0.00000 -0.00241 0.00000
O2 0.02457 0.02900 0.01317 0.00000 0.00874 0.00000
O3 0.01912 0.00886 0.01836 -0.00697 -0.00519 0.00545

Relationship of Yavapaiite Group to other SpeciesHide

Group Members:

Eldfellite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Yavapaiite	KFe(SO₄)₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m

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References for Yavapaiite GroupHide

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Localities for Yavapaiite GroupHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Chile
Antofagasta Antofagasta Province Sierra Gorda ⓘ Alcaparrosa Mine	[Yavapaiite] Samples analysed by Dr. Jochen Schluter, Curator of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum, Germany Kampf, A.R. Mills, S.J. Housley, R.M. Williams, P.A. Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Housley, R. M., Williams, P. A., Dini, M. (2012) Alcaparrosaite, K₃Ti⁴⁺Fe³⁺(SO₄)₄O(H₂O)₂, a new hydrophobic Ti⁴⁺ sulfate from Alcaparrosa, Chile. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (4) 851-861 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.4.03

China
Xinjiang Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture) Yizhou District ⓘ Hongshan Au-Cu deposit	[Yavapaiite] Yingxia Xu, Kezhang Qin, Kunshou Ding, Jinxiang Li, Yu Miao, Tonghui Fang, Xingwang Xu, Daming Li, and Xiuquan Luo (2008): Acta Petrologica Sinica 24(10), 2371-2383
Turpan Shanshan Co. Kanggur-Xifengshan gold belt ⓘ Kanggu'er Au deposit (Kanggur Au deposit; Kangur Au deposit; Kanggul Au deposit; Kanggur Tag Au deposit; Kanggu'ertage Au deposit)	[Yavapaiite] Zhaoxin Han, Lijun Luan, and Chaoyou Wang (2004): Journal of Xi'an University of Science and Technology 24(3), 324-327 Kaiyin Bai and Zhaoxin Han (2007): Northwestern Geology 40(2), 114-117

Guatemala
Quetzaltenango Department El Palmar ⓘ Santiaguito Dome (Santiaguito Volcano)	[Eldfellite] Stoiber, R.E. & Rose, W.I., Jr. (1969): Recent volcanic and fumarolic activity at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala. Bulletin of Volcanology, 33, 475-502.

Iceland
Southern Region Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar archipelago (Westman islands) Heimaey island ⓘ Eldfell	[Eldfellite] Balić-Žunic, T., Garavelli, A., Acquafredda, P., Leonardsen, E., Jakobsson, S. P. (2009) Eldfellite, NaFe(SO₄)₂, a new fumarolic mineral from Eldfell volcano, Iceland. Mineralogical Magazine, 73 (1) 51-57 doi:10.1180/minmag.2009.073.1.51

Italy
Campania Naples Pozzuoli ⓘ Solfatara di Pozzuoli	[Yavapaiite] De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
Sicily Metropolitan City of Messina Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands) Lipari Vulcano Island Porto Levante Faraglioni di Levante Faraglione Nico ⓘ Grotta dell'Allume	[Yavapaiite] Campostrini I. et al - Vulcano: ein aussergewohnlicher Fundpunkt von neuen und seltenen Mineralien - MineralienWelt 2010 - nr.3 - p.40-57

Poland
Silesian Voivodeship Wodzisław County Radlin ⓘ Marcel mine heap ?	[Yavapaiite] Łukasz Kruszewski (2012) Unique chloride assemblage of exhalative origin from burning coal-mining dump in Radlin (Rybnik Coal Area, S Poland). Mineralogical Society of Poland Special Papers 40

Russia
Sakhalin Oblast Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands) Kurilsky District Iturup Island ⓘ Kudriavy volcano	[Yavapaiite] Africano, F., Bernard, A., & Korzhinsky, M. (2003). High temper-ature volcanic gas geochemistry (major and minor elements) at Kudryavy volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Arc, Russia. Rev. Port. Volcanol, 1, 87-94.

USA
Arizona Yavapai County Black Hills (Black Hill Range) Verde Mining District Jerome ⓘ United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole property; Hull Mine; Hopewell tunnel; Patented claim 3480; Patented claim 2812; Patented claims 3348)	[Yavapaiite] Hutton, C.O. (1959a), Yavapaiite, an anhydrous potassium, ferric sulfate from Jerome, AZ: Am.Min.: 44: 1105-1114 *Graeber, Edward J., Rosenzweig, Abraham (1971) The crystal structures of yavapaiite, KFe(SO₄)₂, and goldichite, KFe(SO₄)₂·4H₂O. American Mineralogist, 56 (11-12) 1917-1933* Anthony, J.W., et al (1972), The crystal structure of yavapaiite: A discussion, Am.Min.: 57: 1546 *Nickel, Ernest H., Nichols, Monte C. (1991) Mineral Reference Manual. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.* Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 262, 428-429
Kentucky Owen County ⓘ Gratz Mine	[Yavapaiite] Hower, J.C., Fiket, Ž., Henke, K.R., Hiett, J.K., Thorson, J.S., Kharel, M., Dai, S., Silva, L.F. and Oliveira, M.L., (2022) Soils and spoils: mineralogy and geochemistry of mining and processing wastes from lead and zinc mining at the Gratz Mine, Owen County, Kentucky. Journal of Soils and Sediments, pp.1-14.
Tennessee Monroe County Tellico Plains ⓘ Unnamed sulphate locality	[Yavapaiite] Travis A. Paris (2011) Tennessee mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 86, #4, 300-328.

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