Hair-salt

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Epsomite

Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Hair-salt

Konrad Mine, Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germany

Epsomite

Les Ferreres mine, Rocabruna, Camprodon, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Epsomite

Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Hair-salt

Konrad Mine, Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germany

Epsomite

Les Ferreres mine, Rocabruna, Camprodon, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Epsomite

Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Hair-salt

Konrad Mine, Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germany

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About Hair-saltHide

Synonym of:

Alunogen, Epsomite, Halite, Halotrichite

Generic name for hair-like aggregates of several sulphate salt minerals and also of halite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

1799

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:1799:8

Chemical AnalysisHide

Oxide wt%:

	1
SO₃	32.35 %
MgO	16.20 %
FeO	0.47 %
Fe₂O₃	0.78 %
H₂O	49.66 %
Total:	99.46 %

Sample references:

ID	Locality	Reference	Notes
1	Vedrin, Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium	Mélon, J. (1943) Epsomite et mélanterite de Vedrin. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique, 67, B56.

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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)
0000518	Alunogen	Fang J H, Robinson P D (1976) Alunogen, Al2(H2O)12(SO4)3.5H2O: Its atomic arrangement and water content American Mineralogist 61 311-317	1976		293
0015647	Alunogen	Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1974) Alunogen. Its structure and twinning Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 21 164-178	1974	grotta dell'allume, Vulcano Island, Italy	293
0007157	Epsomite	Fortes A D, Wood I G, Alfredsson M, Vocadlo L, Knight K S (2006) The thermoelastic properties of MgSO47D2O (epsomite) from powder neutron diffraction and ab initio calculation* European Journal of Mineralogy 18 449-462	2006	synthetic	293
0009290	Epsomite	Baur W H (1964) On the crystal chemistry of salt hydrates. IV. The refinement of the crystal structure of MgSO47H2O (epsomite)* Acta Crystallographica 17 1361-1369	1964	synthetic	293
0000641	Halite	Finger L W, King H E (1978) A revised method of operation of the single-crystal diamond cell and refinement of the structure of NaCl at 32 kbar American Mineralogist 63 337-342	1978		293
0003397	Halite	Walker D, Verma P K, Cranswick L M D, Jones R L, Clark S M, Buhre S (2004) Halite-sylvite thermoelasticity American Mineralogist 89 204-210	2004		298
0003398	Halite	Walker D, Verma P K, Cranswick L M D, Jones R L, Clark S M, Buhre S (2004) Halite-sylvite thermoelasticity American Mineralogist 89 204-210	2004		373
0003399	Halite	Walker D, Verma P K, Cranswick L M D, Jones R L, Clark S M, Buhre S (2004) Halite-sylvite thermoelasticity American Mineralogist 89 204-210	2004		473
0003400	Halite	Walker D, Verma P K, Cranswick L M D, Jones R L, Clark S M, Buhre S (2004) Halite-sylvite thermoelasticity American Mineralogist 89 204-210	2004		573
0003401	Halite	Walker D, Verma P K, Cranswick L M D, Jones R L, Clark S M, Buhre S (2004) Halite-sylvite thermoelasticity American Mineralogist 89 204-210	2004		673
0003402	Halite	Walker D, Verma P K, Cranswick L M D, Jones R L, Clark S M, Buhre S (2004) Halite-sylvite thermoelasticity American Mineralogist 89 204-210	2004		773
0003403	Halite	Walker D, Verma P K, Cranswick L M D, Jones R L, Clark S M, Buhre S (2004) Halite-sylvite thermoelasticity American Mineralogist 89 204-210	2004		873
0007951	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007952	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007953	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007954	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007955	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007956	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007957	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007958	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007959	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007960	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007961	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007962	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007963	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007964	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007965	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007966	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007967	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007968	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007969	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0007970	Halite	Wang K, Reeber R R (1996) Thermal expansion of alkali halides at high pressure: NaCl as an example Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 23 354-360	1996		293
0009295	Halite	Abrahams S, Bernstein J (1965) Accuracy of an automatic diffractometer. Measurement of the sodium chloride structure factors _cod_database_code 1000041 Acta Crystallographica 18 926-932	1965		293
0011356	Halite	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York rocksalt structure Crystal Structures 1 85-237	1963		293
0011972	Halotrichite	Lovas G A (1986) Structural study of halotrichite from Recsk (Matra Mts., N-Hungary) Acta Geologica Hungarica 29 389-398	1986	Recsk, Matra Mountains, Hungary	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Alunogen'
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_publ_author_name
'Fang J H'
'Robinson P D'
_journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist'
_journal_volume 61 
_journal_year 1976
_journal_page_first 311
_journal_page_last 317
_publ_section_title
;
 Alunogen, Al2(H2O)12(SO4)3.5H2O: Its atomic arrangement and water content
;
_database_code_amcsd 0000518
_chemical_formula_sum 'S3 Al2 O29 H34'
_cell_length_a 7.420
_cell_length_b 26.970
_cell_length_c 6.062
_cell_angle_alpha 89.67
_cell_angle_beta 97.34
_cell_angle_gamma 91.53
_cell_volume 1202.738
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      1.790
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P -1'
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_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
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_atom_site_label
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_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
S1   0.23270   0.93900   0.48130   0.01849
S2   0.24240   0.56070   0.48590   0.01558
S3   0.63340   0.74700   0.47400   0.03217
Al1   0.28030   0.09860   0.00120   0.01608
Al2   0.73670   0.59950   0.00290   0.01507
O1   0.37400   0.90430   0.44800   0.03546
O2   0.69700   0.02580   0.34000   0.02913
O3   0.92800   0.08860   0.45700   0.02913
O4   0.17500   0.96560   0.27100   0.03166
O5   0.69300   0.47380   0.33600   0.02913
O6   0.39100   0.59550   0.44700   0.02660
O7   0.90800   0.41140   0.44600   0.02533
O8   0.17400   0.53360   0.27900   0.02786
O9   0.23200   0.28140   0.38700   0.06079
O10   0.60400   0.72680   0.24900   0.04686
O11   0.70300   0.79810   0.46600   0.05319
O12   0.54300   0.25280   0.43700   0.08359
Wat1   0.81200   0.84150   0.11300   0.02913
Wat2   0.33400   0.12540   0.28900   0.02406
Wat3   0.37400   0.03790   0.11200   0.02280
Wat4   0.77100   0.93040   0.28500   0.02026
Wat5   0.48200   0.88290   0.05300   0.02406
Wat6   0.04600   0.07740   0.06200   0.02533
Wat7   0.82800   0.66030   0.12800   0.02533
Wat8   0.30300   0.37250   0.28200   0.02153
Wat9   0.02700   0.41790   0.04700   0.02533
Wat10   0.77700   0.56960   0.28700   0.01900
Wat11   0.49700   0.61450   0.05200   0.02153
Wat12   0.36100   0.46220   0.12100   0.01900
Watz1   0.70900   0.32490   0.20100   0.05573
Watz2   0.61100   0.21010   0.04300   0.07472
Watz3   0.00200   0.21640   0.10100   0.08992
Watz4   0.15200   0.69650   0.22900   0.09626
Watz5   0.14800   0.79700   0.43400   0.07852