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Adranosite-(Fe)

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Adranosite-(Fe)

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Description
Locality: 
Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Beautiful intense yellow-green adranosite-Fe. 

Rare!

References:

U. Kolitsch and F. Brandstätter (2007): A new salt-inclusion sulphate phase from a burning coal dump: crystal-structural, chemical and Raman-spectroscopic characterisation. 16th Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Petrčane, Croatia, June 13-17, 2007; Book of Abstracts, 12; D. Mitolo, F. Demartin, A. Garavelli, I. Campostrini, D. Pinto, C. M. Gramaccioli, P. Acquafredda and U. Kolitsch (2013): Adranosite-(Fe), (NH4)4NaFe2(SO4)4Cl(OH)2, a new ammonium sulfate chloride from La Fossa Crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy. Can. Mineral. 51, 57-66; Witzke, T., de Wit, F., Kolitsch, U. and Blaß, G. (2015): Mineralogy of the Burning Anna I Coal Mine Dump, Alsdorf, Germany. Chapter 7, pp. 203-240, in: Stracher, G. B., Prakash, A. and Sokol, E. V.: Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, Volume 3: Case Studies - Coal Fires, Elsevier, 786 pp.

Mineral Data
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Adranosite-(Fe)

Formula: 
(NH4)4NaFe3+2(SO4)4Cl(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy