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Hydroniumjarosite from
Genna zinc smelter slag locality, Helmke quarry nature reserve, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Species:Hydroniumjarosite
Formula:(H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Comments:Listed as "Karphosiderit" in Schnorrer-Köhler (1986). As 0.1mm thick yellow crusts in warty aggregates associated with gypsum. Cannot be distinguished macroscopically from plumbojarosite without analysis.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hydroniumjarosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Genna zinc smelter slag locality, Helmke quarry nature reserve, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76090
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76090:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hydroniumjarosite
34.5km (21.4 miles) ⓘCaspari Mine, Uentrop, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
54.6km (34.0 miles) ⓘLüderich Mine, Altenbrück, Steinenbrück, Overath, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
65.4km (40.6 miles) ⓘEisenzecher Zug mine, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
References
Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1986) Neue Minerale von der Schlackenhalde der ehemaligen Zinkhütte Genna in Letmathe/Sauerland. Aufschluss, 37 (2), 55-67.
Bender, D.; Krimmelbein, W. (1994) Aktuelle Übersicht: Mineralien der Zinkhütte Genna/Sauerland [Current overview: Minerals from the Genna/Sauerland zinc smelter]. Mineralien Welt, 5 (4). 10
 
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