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Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA

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Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Halotrichite
Formula:FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Halotrichite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:26034
Long-form Identifier:1:3:26034:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Halotrichite
75.9km (47.2 miles)Rabun Gap, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
CooperNottingham, EnglandAnthony R. KampfL.A.County Mus. of Nat. Hist.Los Angeles, CAJoseph A. Mandarino...Uher, S. Michal & J. VitdlosThe minerals ofAlum Cave Bluff,Great Smoky Mountains, T ennessee...........Sodalite, elongated, twinned crystal,2.8 mm long, fromCave San Vito, MonteSomma, Napoli, Campania, Italy....National LaboratoryOak Ridge,Tennessee 37831-6085A lu m C aveBluff, a D a n a locality fo r apjohnite...apjohnite, epsomite,melanterite and potashalum , has yielded goodmicrocrystals o f several rare sulfate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia 20192,USAU.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225,USAcDartmouth...Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire,USAAccepted 1 June 2004AbstractWeathering of metal-sulfide...members of the melanterite, rozenite, epsomite,halotrichite, and copiapite groups. The minerals were identified...the Copper Basin (Ducktown) mining district ofTennessee, and where sulfide-bearingmetamorphic rocks undisturbed...Mountains National Park in North Carolina andTennessee.Dissolution experiments on composite salt samples
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Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science LtdPrinted in theUSA. All rights reserved0016-7037/01 $20.00 ⫹ .00Pergamon...Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063,USA26324 Sandchain Road, Columbia, MD 21045,USA3Metals & Ceramics Division...Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831,USA(Received March 23, 2000; accepted in revised form...evaporite assemblage atAlum Cave Bluff, Great SmokyMountains National Park,Tennessee. Electron microprobe...evaporiteassemblage atAlum Cave Bluff (ACB), Great Smoky Mountains Park,Tennessee, Coskren and Lauf (1996)
Report (issue)
00(1) Pintado Canyon, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico,USA. (2) Al2 (SO4 )3 • 17H2 O.Occurrence: Forms by reaction...Association:Pyrite, marcasite,halotrichite, pickeringite, epsomite,alum, melanterite, gypsum.Distribution:...IntheUSA, abundant at Smoky Mountain, Jackson Co., North Carolina; atAlum Cave Bluff,SevierCo., Tennessee;...Tennessee; extensive deposits in theAlum Mountain district, Grant Co., New Mexico; atThe Geysers, Sonoma...South Wales, Australia.Name:From the Latin foralum and the Greek for to make.References: (1) Palache
Report (issue)
= 13.128(2)X-ray Powder Pattern:Alum Cave Bluff,Tennessee,USA.7.9 (100), 3.93 (70), 5.36 (50), 5...110.04[32.41]Total[100.01](1)Alum Cave Bluff,Tennessee,USA; by electron microprobe, C2 O3 and...Levinsonite-(Y), epsomite,halotrichite.Distribution:USA.FromAlum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains...Mountains National Park,Tennessee,Name: Derived from the Cherokee Indian term for the Great Smoky Mountains...National Museum of NaturalHistory, Washington, D.C.,USA.References: (1) Rouse, R.C., D.R. Peacor, E.J. Essene
Report (issue)
= 11.015(1)X-ray Powder Pattern:Alum Cave Bluff,Tennessee,USA.9.3 (100), 6.28 (90), 4.89 (60), 4...150.29[33.18]Total[100.00](1)Alum Cave Bluff,Tennessee,USA; by electron microprobe, C2 O3 and...Zugshunstite-(Ce), epsomite,halotrichite.Distribution:USA.FromAlum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains...Mountains National Park,Tennessee,Name: To honor Dr. Alfred Abraham Levinson (1927– ), mineralogist, University...National Museum of NaturalHistory, Washington, D.C.,USA.References: (1) Rouse, R.C., D.R. Peacor, E.J. Essene
Report (issue)
in shales and slates.Association:gypsum.Halotrichite, pickeringite, fibroferrite, copiapite, melanterite...Juan Province, Argentina. AtAlumCave Bluff,Sevier Co.,Tennessee,USA.Name: In honor of František
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index300Tennessee covers an area of 41,220 squaremiles in the southeastern...part ofthe state. Just prior to crossing theTennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS5604 Malmsbury RoadKnoxville,Tennessee 37921taparis@msn.comFigure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5cm high, Elmwood mine, SmithCounty. Terry Huizing specimen,Jeff Scovil photo.Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1cm wide, Elmwood mine, SmithCounty. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
major anion. The minerals of thepickeringite–halotrichite series with coexisting magnesiocopiapite are...unit-cell parameters, blödite, ferrohexahydrite,halotrichite, hexahydrite, magnesiocopiapite, metasideronatrite...from the Hlubina and Dukla mines. Alunogen,halotrichite, bı́linite and copiapite were found inthe Alexandr...Raclavská (1999) described the occurrence ofhalotrichite, pickeringite, melanterite, tamarugiteand Mg-...the Dukla Mine and determined the existenceofhalotrichite, copiapite and tamarugite in theČSM Mine.
Report (issue)
Prepared in cooperation with theTennessee Department of TransportationBibliography for Acid-Rock Drainage...staining caused by acid-rock drainage in HickmanCounty,Tennessee. Bibliography for Acid-Rock Drainage and...C. WorlandPrepared in cooperation with theTennessee Department of TransportationOpen-File Report...Figure1. Location of pyrite-bearing formations inTennessee with the potential foracid-rock drainage.......S. Geological Survey, in cooperation withtheTennessee Department of Transportation, is conductingan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum of Los AngelesCounty, 900 Exposition Boulevard, LosAngeles, CA 90007,USA2Geosciences, Museum...University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112,USA4Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,...Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125,USA5Pasaje San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile[Received...anhydrite, botryogen, chalcanthite, copiapite,halotrichite, hexahydrite, hydroniumjarosite, pyrite, römerite...Museum of Los AngelesCounty, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles,California 90007,USA under catalogue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS FROM THE HYATT MINE, TALCVILLE, ST.LAWRENCECOUNTY, NEW YORK. S. C. Chamberlain,Department of Bioengineering...Talcville in the Town of Edwards, St. LawrenceCounty, New York. The orebody consists of massive iron-rich...continues.SECONDARY SULFATES OFALUM CAVE BLUFF,GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS,TENNESSEE. T D.Coskren and R. Luuj...secondary minerals at the Dana locality ofAlum Cave Bluff (ACB) in the Smokies has found a largesuite...and thenevaporates under the rock shelter ofAlumCave. Iron, magnesium, manganese, and aluminum are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
São José de Brejaúba, Conceição do Mato DentroCounty, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Occurrence: Associated minerals...ONOCLINIC Locality:Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park,Tennessee, U.S.A. Occurrence:...coskrenite-(Ce), zugshunstite-(Ce), melanterite,halotrichite, pickeringite, apjohnite, epsomite and other...ONOCLINIC Locality:Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park,Tennessee, U.S.A. Occurrence:...coskrenite-(Ce), levinsonite(Y), melanterite,halotrichite, pickeringite, apjohnite, epsomite and other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Territory, Canada (Van Tassel 1972); andAlum Cave Bluff,Tennessee (Coskren and Lauf 2000; Hammarstrom et...pyrite-bearing rocks. It may be associated withhalotrichite, pickeringite, fibroferrite, botryogen, copiapite... R.J. (2000) Minerals ofAlum Cave Bluff: Great Smoky Mountains,Tennessee. Mineralogical Record, 31
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reported the presence of gypsum, melanterite,halotrichite,alum-(K), goslarite, and, possibly,coquimbite...ore deposits of the southern Apuan Alps.MineralAlum-(K)AlunogenAnhydriteCopiapite groupCoquimbite...FibroferriteGiacovazzoiteGoldichiteGypsumHalotrichiteJarosite subgroupKhademiteKrausiteMagnanelliite...members of their own group or subgroup.3.1.Alum-(K)Alum-(K), ideally KAl(SO4 )2 (H2 O)12 , is a common...S-bearing vaporsin fumaroles [14]. It belongs to thealum group, a series of minerals and synthetic compounds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sr(V5+O3)2·4H2OJo Dandy mine, Paradox Valley,MontroseCounty, ColoradoMetadelrioite2SrCa(VO3)2(OH)2Jo Dandy...Dandy mine, Paradox Valley,MontroseCounty, ColoradoRosièresite2PbxCuyAlz(PO4)m·nH2ORosières...Hg3O2(SO4)Ocean mine dump,San Luis ObispoCounty, CaliforniaSmrkovecite2Bi2O(PO4)(OH)Smrkovec...Wheatleyite1Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2H2OWheatley mines, ChesterCounty, PennsylvaniaWidgiemoolthalite1Ni5(CO3)4(OH)2·4–5H2O...mine, San JuanCounty, UtahApexite1NaMg(PO4)·9H2OApex mine, Austin, LanderCounty, Nevada4+Běhounekite
Report (article/chapter)
anions of the sulfate group. The structure of sodiumalum, Na{Al(H2O)6}(SO4)2(H2O)6, consists of {Al(H2O)6}...and (MØ6) octahedra:(a) cyanochroite; (b) sodiumalum; (c) tamarugite, with Na atoms shown as circles;...[Fe3+(SO4)2(H2O)4]2{Fe2+(H2O)6}, and the minerals of thehalotrichite group, [M2+(SO4)(H2O)5]{M3+(H2O)6}2(SO4)(H2O)5...[M(TO4)2Ø4] cluster.Apjohnite, a mineral of thehalotrichite group, contains isolated [Mn2+(SO4)2(H2O)4]...kuzelite (9)boothite (5)despujolsite (6)halotrichite (7)lanarkite (18)botryogen (8)destinezite
Journal (issue)
CooperNottingham, EnglandAnthony R. KampfL.A.County Mus. of Nat. Hist.Los Angeles, CAJoseph A. Mandarino...found.The Natural History Museum of Los AngelesCounty has aninteresting specimen consisting of fractured...Anthony Kampf (Natural History Museum of Los AngelesCounty) for reviewing the manuscript, andfor graciously...largest of which is theXikuangshan mine in XinhuaCounty. Other deposits are found inthe provinces of Guangdong...was established in the mid-1980’s by the WulingCounty government, whichowned the mine until 1998. Since
Book (edition)
Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, MaricopaCounty, 4 cm high specimen, Evan andMelissa Jones Collection...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old PimaCountyCourthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...accessed through an impressivemanmade "naturalcave:'Portions of the collection are often displayed...were designed by ateam from the NMNH. A naturalcave display is a great educational tool. Thiscollection...on the market. The minesat Bisbee, in CochiseCounty, have produced large quantities of gem-quality
Report (volume)
stalactite(blue-green)bCopiapite stalagmitewithhalotrichite (white )cVoltaitedCoquimbite (pale purple)...anions of the sulfate group. The structure of sodiumalum, Na{Al(H2O)6}(SO4)2(H2O)6, consists of {Al(H2O)6}...and (MØ6) octahedra:(a) cyanochroite; (b) sodiumalum; (c) tamarugite, with Na atoms shown as circles;...[Fe3+(SO4)2(H2O)4]2{Fe2+(H2O)6}, and the minerals of thehalotrichite group, [M2+(SO4)(H2O)5]{M3+(H2O)6}2(SO4)(H2O)5...[M(TO4)2Ø4] cluster.Apjohnite, a mineral of thehalotrichite group, contains isolated [Mn2+(SO4)2(H2O)4]
Book (edition)
abbreviations:Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic.(municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text,except in the cases of theUSA, UK, and the provincesOntario and Quebec in Canada...UintahCounty. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,cRio BlancoCounty. Colorado...29. 17AFGHANITERiver Formation in UintahCounty, Utah. Deer et al., v. Henderson molybdenum mine...565, 1984.rhyolites, and their lavas in SonomaCounty, Califor- Aeschynite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)z(O
Book (edition)
(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada),Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey deFourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada).J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner(Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic).Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H.Paar
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Virginia5CHAPTER 7Kentucky6CHAPTER 8Tennessee876CHAPTER 10South Carolina ......... _...t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome,Tennessee.Because t h e a l t i t u d e o f Mt. M i t c...e l e yKentucky: E l l i o tTennessee: Unicoi, Greene, Cocke,Sevier, Blount, Monroe,PolkN o r t...e c e n t u r y f o u r w e r e f o u n d i nTennessee. O n ewas f o u n d i n K e n t u c k y w h e...r g i n i a : M o n r o eKentucky: A d a i rTennessee: Roane, U n i o nN o r t h Carolina: L i n c
Journal (issue)
Descubridora(“Discovery Hole”) opening directly under thebluff and near thebottom of the arroyo, is easily imagined...thus resemble fluoritefrom the Elmwood mine,Tennessee; some crystals exhibit abeautiful spiraling pattern...collected in the Platosa mine: these came from agypsumcave encountered in the mine workings, where swordshaped...bianchite, epsomite, goslarite, pickeringite andhalotrichite; these have crystallized as post-mining products...arseniosiderite,from the Ojuela mine. Los AngelesCountyMuseum of Natural History collection; Anthony Kampf
Book (volume)
abbreviations are used in thischapter:Mt.mountainCo.countyIRinfraredDdensityDmeasmeasured densityDcalc...Locality: Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern Co., California,USA.Description: Colourless crystal from the association...Mn2+BO2(OH)Locality: Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey,USA (type locality).Description: Pink massive aggregate...Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California,USA.Description: White platelets with pearly lustre...CaB6O10·5H2OLocality: Death Valley, California,USA.Description: White fibrous aggregate. Specimen No
 
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