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Aubertite Group

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Magnesioaubertite

Faraglione Ranni, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Magnesioaubertite, etc.

Faraglione Ranni, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Aubertite

Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Magnesioaubertite

Faraglione Ranni, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Magnesioaubertite, etc.

Faraglione Ranni, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Aubertite

Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Magnesioaubertite

Faraglione Ranni, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

Magnesioaubertite, etc.

Faraglione Ranni, Faraglioni di Levante, Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy

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This page provides mineralogical data about Aubertite Group.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

42722

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:42722:1

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dedd3c02-222d-4954-a273-984b069e56eb

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0009692	Aubertite	Ginderow D, Cesbron F (1979) Structure cristalline de l'aubertite, AlCuCl(SO4)214H2O* Acta Crystallographica B35 2499-2502		1979		0	293
0019831	Wilcoxite	Peterson R C, Joy B R (2013) Wilcoxite MgAl(SO4)2F17H2O, from Rico, Colorado: occurrence and crystal structure* The Canadian Mineralogist 51 107-117		2013	Rico, Colorado, USA	0	293

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Aubertite'
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'Cesbron F'
_journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section B'
_journal_volume 35 
_journal_year 1979
_journal_page_first 2499
_journal_page_last 2502
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 Structure cristalline de l'aubertite, AlCuCl(SO4)2*14H2O
 Note: anisotropic displacement parameters obtained from ICSD
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_database_code_amcsd 0009692
_chemical_formula_sum 'Cu Al S2 O22 Cl H28'
_cell_length_a 6.282
_cell_length_b 13.192
_cell_length_c 6.260
_cell_angle_alpha 91.85
_cell_angle_beta 94.70
_cell_angle_gamma 82.46
_cell_volume 512.443
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      1.848
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P -1'
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Cu   0.50000   0.50000   0.00000   0.02280
Al   0.50000   0.00000   0.50000   0.01267
S   0.98380   0.18950   0.06470   0.01393
O1   0.04950   0.29220   0.08830   0.02533
O2   0.94970   0.15270   0.27690   0.02533
O3   0.15860   0.12010   0.97400   0.02660
O4   0.78470   0.19260   0.92450   0.02660
O5   0.57650   0.12210   0.40430   0.02153
O6   0.23710   0.07100   0.57600   0.01900
O7   0.62410   0.02460   0.77830   0.01900
O8   0.58520   0.44190   0.28180   0.03926
O9   0.79290   0.45570   0.91830   0.03293
O10   0.40850   0.33580   0.88650   0.03040
O11   0.36430   0.30420   0.44790   0.02786
Cl   0.00000   0.50000   0.50000   0.03040
H5   0.71300   0.12800   0.36200   0.02533
H5*   0.49200   0.17500   0.40600   0.02533
H6   0.14500   0.09500   0.49000   0.02533
H6*   0.20400   0.09000   0.71500   0.02533
H7   0.67500   0.07900   0.79900   0.02533
H7*   0.30200   0.03000   0.14300   0.02533
H8   0.50400   0.38600   0.35700   0.02533
H8*   0.70100   0.45700   0.37000   0.02533
H9   0.15900   0.53100   0.19200   0.02533
H9*   0.91100   0.40700   0.99600   0.02533
H10   0.29900   0.31600   0.96500   0.02533
H10*   0.49200   0.28600   0.91900   0.02533
H11   0.36000   0.32000   0.60000   0.02533
H11*   0.25700   0.30600   0.39200   0.02533
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Cu 0.01855 0.02771 0.02385 -0.00206 0.00137 0.00578
Al 0.01152 0.01386 0.01104 0.00041 0.00098 0.00207
S 0.01386 0.01559 0.01301 0.00041 -0.00059 0.00207
O1 0.02343 0.01992 0.03449 -0.00535 -0.00314 0.00289
O2 0.01757 0.03984 0.02010 0.00082 0.00510 0.01363
O3 0.03261 0.03378 0.01537 0.01686 0.00530 0.00289
O4 0.02382 0.02338 0.03114 -0.00329 -0.01471 0.00289
O5 0.01836 0.01472 0.03016 -0.00164 0.00687 0.00578
O6 0.01523 0.02771 0.01419 0.00658 0.00235 0.00248
O7 0.02343 0.01732 0.01459 -0.00082 -0.00530 0.00124
O8 0.03124 0.05976 0.02562 -0.02180 -0.01020 0.02231
O9 0.01972 0.03724 0.04100 0.00535 0.01275 0.01818
O10 0.02304 0.03031 0.03765 -0.00206 0.00647 0.00744
O11 0.02851 0.02165 0.03154 0.00041 0.00078 0.00289
Cl 0.02128 0.04503 0.02444 -0.00329 0.00000 -0.00041

Relationship of Aubertite Group to other SpeciesHide

Group Members:

Aubertite	CuAl(SO₄)₂Cl · 14H₂O	Tric. 1 : P1
Magnesioaubertite	(Mg,Cu)Al(SO₄)₂Cl · 14H₂O	Tric. 1 : P1
Svyazhinite	(Mg,Mn²⁺,Ca)(Al,Fe³⁺)(SO₄)₂F · 14H₂O	Tric.
Wilcoxite	MgAl(SO₄)₂F · 17H₂O	Tric. 1 : P1

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Argentina
San Juan Province Calingasta Department Calingasta Quebrada Alcaparrosa ⓘ Santa Elena Mine	[Aubertite] Gunnar Färber
Iglesia Department ⓘ Valle del Cura	[Wilcoxite] Bengochea, L., Lara, R. y Mas, G., 1996. Kalinita y boyleita. Sulfatos secundarios del Área Valle del Cura San Juan. 3ra Reunión de Mineralogía y Metalogenia. Instituto de Recursos Minerales, UNLP. Publicación 5: 63-66.

Chile
Antofagasta Antofagasta Province Mejillones Mejillones peninsula ⓘ Coronel Manuel Rodríguez mine	[Aubertite] SEM-EDS by Igor V. Pekov
ⓘ Unnamed Cu mine [1]	[Aubertite] SEM-EDS by Günter Blaß
ⓘ Sierra Gorda	[Aubertite] Pieczonka, J., Piestrzyński, A., & Zygo, W. (2017). Złoże Cu-Mo Sierra Gorda, północne Chile. Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego.
ⓘ La Compañia Mine	[Aubertite] Samples analysed by Dr. Jochen Schluter, Curator of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum, Germany
ⓘ La Vendida Mine	[Aubertite] Chukanov, N.V., Krivovichev, S.V., Chernyatieva, A.P., Mohn, G., Pekov, I.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Van, K.V., Lorenz, J.A. (2013): Vendidaite, Al2(SO4)(OH)3Cl·6H2O, a new mineral from La vendida copper mine, Antofagasta Region, Chile. Canadian Mineralogist. 51, 559-568.
El Loa Province Calama Chuquicamata District ⓘ Chuquicamata Mine	[Aubertite]
Toki Cu deposit (Toki Cluster) ⓘ Queténa Mine (Queténa Prospect)	[Aubertite] Bull.Min.(1979) 102, 348-350
Atacama Chañaral Province ⓘ Salar de Gorbea	[Aubertite] Cabestrero, Óscar, Cinthya Tebes-Cayo, Nancy W. Hinman, and Cecilia Demergasso. (2022) "Mineral Paragenesis Precipitating in Salt Flat Pools of Continental Environments Replicated in Microbial Mat Microcosms without Evaporation" Minerals 12, no. 5: 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12050646

Germany
Thuringia Greiz District Ronneburg ⓘ Lichtenberg open cast	[Wilcoxite] T. Witzke & F. Rüger: Lapis 1998(7/8), 26-64

Greece
Attica East Attica Lavreotiki Lavrion mining district Lophos Agrileza mines ⓘ Maria Mine	[Aubertite] 90. *Rieck, B. (1999) Seltene Arsenate aus der Kamariza und weitere Neufunde aus Lavrion. Lapis, 24 (7-8) 68-76* *Rieck, B., Kolitsch, U., Voudouris, P., Giester, G., Tzeferis, P. (2022) Neubestimmungen aus dem Minenbezirk Lavrion, Griechenland. Mineralien Welt, 33 (5) 6-20*
Plaka Plaka Mines ⓘ Plaka Sulfate Locality II	[Magnesioaubertite] *Rieck, B., Kolitsch, U., Voudouris, P., Giester, G., Tzeferis, P. (2022) Neubestimmungen aus dem Minenbezirk Lavrion, Griechenland. Mineralien Welt, 33 (5) 6-20*
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Evros Alexandroupoli ⓘ Kirki Mines	[Aubertite] Skarpelis, N., & Triantafyllidis, S. (2004). Environmental impact from supergene alteration and exploitation of a high sulphidation epithermal type mineralisation (Kirki, NE Greece). Applied Earth Science, 113(1), 110-116.

Hungary
Nógrád County ⓘ Felsőpetény	[Wilcoxite] collector: István Krisztián, XRD: Ferenc Kristály, EDS: Sándor Szakáll

Italy
Piedmont Cuneo Province Entracque ⓘ Punta Chistafort	[Wilcoxite] Ciriotti, M.E., Ferrero, S., Blass, G., and Ambrino, P. (2008) Wilcoxite: primo ritrovamento italiano. Micro (UK report), 2-2008, 75-76 Ciriotti, M.E., Cámara, F., Ferrero, S., Bracco, R., Marengo, A., and Bittarello, E. (2020) Matlockite, ramsdellite, tschermigite e un'interessante soluzione solida gadolinite-datolite Y-dominante: prime segnalazioni per la provincia di Cuneo e per il Piemonte. Micro, 18, 1-2002, 30-45.
Sardinia South Sardinia Province Furtei ⓘ Furtei mine	[Aubertite] Da Pelo, S. & Frau, F (2000):, Magnesian aubertite, (Cu,Mg)Al(SO4)2Cl·14H4O, from the gold mine of Furtei in Sardinia, Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2000(6), 279-288.
Sicily Metropolitan City of Messina Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands) Lipari Vulcano Island Porto Levante Faraglioni di Levante Faraglione Nico ⓘ Grotta dell'Allume	[Aubertite] P.Forti, M.Panzica La Manna and A.Rossi (1994) The peculiar mineralogic site of the Alum cave (Vulcano, Sicily). Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology November 1994 p.35-44.
ⓘ Faraglione Ranni	[Magnesioaubertite] GEBHARD G., MEDENBACH O., GEBERT W. (1988): Magnesioaubertit, (Mg,Cu)Al(SO4)2Cl.14H2O ein neues Chlorsulfat von Vulcano, Liparische Inseln. - Der Aufschluss - 39, 2, 97-102. GARAVELLI A., GRASSO M.F., VURRO F. (1996): Mineral occurrence and depositional processes at Baia di Levante area (Vulcano Island, Italy). - Mineralogica et Petrographica Acta - 39, 251- 261.
Tuscany Livorno Province Rio Rio Marina Cavo Fornacelle and Rio Albano Mines ⓘ Rialbano Mine (Rio Albano Mine)	[Aubertite] Rolf Luetcke specimen
Lucca Province Vergemoli ⓘ Fornovolasco	[Wilcoxite] Mauro, D. (2020). Crystal-chemistry of secondary minerals of thallium-rich pyrite from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). Plinius, 46, 64-68.
ⓘ Cava del Ferro (Bùgie mines; Trimpello)	[Wilcoxite] Mauro D. (2016): Studio cristallochimico di alcuni solfati di ferro della mineralizzazione a pirite tallifera di Fornovolasco (Alpi Apuane). Tesi magistrale, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Unviersità di Pisa, 137 pp. Mauro, D., Biagioni, C., Pasero, M. and Skogby, H. (2019) Crystal-chemistry of sulfates from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). III. Mg-rich sulfate assemblages from the Fornovolasco mining complex. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, 126, 33-44.

Lebanon
South Governorate Jezzine District ⓘ Bhanine Valley ?	[Aubertite] Kruszewski, Ł., 2018/2019. Secondary sulfate minerals from Bhanine valley coals (South Lebanon) – a crystallochemical and geochemical study. Geological Quarterly (in press)

Peru
Tacna Jorge Basadre Province ⓘ Bahai de Ite tailings pile	[Aubertite] Diaby, N., Dold, B., Buselli, E., & Vicetti, R. (2006). EFFECTS ON ELEMENT MOBILITY BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WETLAND ON THE MARINE SHORE PORPHYRY COPPER TAILINGS DEPOSIT, BAHÍA DE ITE, PERU. In 7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD), March (pp. 26-30).

Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Ilmen Mountains ⓘ Chernaya Rechka reserve-guard station	[Svyazhinite] *Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.*
Sakha Verkhoyansk Fold Belt Verkhoyansk Silver Province Deputatsky ore cluster ⓘ Deputatskoe Sn deposit	[Wilcoxite] Zhdanov Yu.Ya., Solov’yev L.I. and Suknev V.S. (1993) Wilcoxite from Yakutia, its second find in the world, - Doklady Rus. Ac. Nauk, 317, p. 136–139 (in Rus.). Zhdanov Yu.Ya., Solov'ev L.I. (1998): Geology and mineralogical composition of the oxidized zone in the Deputatsk tin ore deposit. Otechestvennaya Geol. (6), 77-79 (in Russian).

South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal uMzinyathi District Municipality ⓘ Nondweni	[Wilcoxite] Bangert, B., & Von Brunn, V. (2001). Tuffaceous beds in glaciogenic argillites of the late Palaeozoic Dwyka Group of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 32(1), 133-140.

Switzerland
Valais Martigny Mont Chemin mining district ⓘ Les Valettes	[Wilcoxite] Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998) Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Verlag Wepf & Co. AG, Basel, 579 pp.

USA
Colorado Dolores County Rico Mountains Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District) ⓘ Rico	[Wilcoxite] Peterson, R. C. & Joy, B. R. (2013): Wilcoxite MgAl(SO4)2F•17H2O, from Rico, Colorado: Occurrence and crystal structure. Canadian Mineralogist 51, 107-117.
Michigan Dickinson County Randville ⓘ Groveland Mine	[Wilcoxite] Mineralogy of Michigan (E. W. Heinrich & G. W. Robinson)
New Mexico Catron County Wilcox Mining District Lone Pine Hill area ⓘ Lone Pine Mine	[Wilcoxite] Williams, S. A. & Cesbron, F. P. (1983): Wilcoxite and lannonite, two new fluosulfates from Catron County, New Mexico. Mineralogical Magazine 47, 37-40 *Northrop, Stuart A., LaBruzza, F.A. (1996) Minerals of New Mexico* (3rd ed.) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.**

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