Rodalquilarite is a rare irontelluritechloridemineral with formula H3Fe3+2(Te4+O3)4Cl[2] or Fe2(TeO2OH)3(TeO3)Cl.[3] Rodalquilarite crystallizes in the triclinic system and typically occurs as stout green prisms and encrustations.
rodalquilarite, rare, iron, tellurite, chloride, mineral, with, formula, h3fe3, teo2oh, teo3, crystallizes, triclinic, system, typically, occurs, stout, green, prisms, encrustations, crystals, from, cavity, alunitegeneralcategorytellurite, mineralformula, repe. Rodalquilarite is a rare iron tellurite chloride mineral with formula H3Fe3 2 Te4 O3 4Cl 2 or Fe2 TeO2OH 3 TeO3 Cl 3 Rodalquilarite crystallizes in the triclinic system and typically occurs as stout green prisms and encrustations RodalquilariteRodalquilarite crystals from a cavity in aluniteGeneralCategoryTellurite mineralFormula repeating unit H3Fe3 2 Te4 O3 4ClIMA symbolRaq 1 Strunz classification4 JL 05Crystal systemTriclinicCrystal classPinacoidal 1 same H M symbol Space groupP1Unit cella 8 95 A b 5 09 A c 6 63 A a 103 17 b 107 08 g 77 87 Z 1IdentificationColorEmerald to grass greenCrystal habitCrusts of stout crystalsCleavageOne good cleavage planeTenacityVery brittleMohs scale hardness2 3LusterGreasyStreakGreenish yellowDiaphaneitySemitransparentSpecific gravity4 97 5 15Optical propertiesBiaxial Refractive indexna 2 100 ng 2 200Birefringenced 0 1002V angle38 References 2 3 4 Discovery and occurrence edit nbsp Green rodalquilarite crystals in a vug in pink alunite from ChileRodalquilarite was first described in 1968 for an occurrence in the Rodalquilar gold deposit of Almeria Spain and was named for the discovery locality It has also been reported from the Wendy open pit mine El Indio Tambo district Coquimbo Region of Chile and the mines of Tombstone Arizona 2 It is found in the oxidized zone of tellurium bearing gold deposits It occurs associated with emmonsite native gold alunite jarosite quartz native tellurium mackayite and sonoraite 2 References edit Warr L N 2021 IMA CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291 320 Bibcode 2021MinM 85 291W doi 10 1180 mgm 2021 43 S2CID 235729616 a b c d Rodalquilarite in the Handbook of Mineralogy a b Rodalquilarite on Mindat org Rodalquilarite data on Webmineral Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rodalquilarite amp oldid 1139656745, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
