Mohrite

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Mohrite, (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2·6(H2O), is a rare sulfate mineral originally found in the geothermal fields of Tuscany, Italy.[1] This Fe-dominant analogue of boussingaultite is sometimes reported from burning coal dumps.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Fleischer M. 1965: New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 50, 805
  2. ↑ Chesnokov B. V. and Shcherbakova E. P. 1991: Mineralogiya gorelykh otvalov Chelyabinskogo ugolnogo basseina - opyt mineralogii tekhnogenesa. Nauka, Moscow
  3. ↑ Mindat - Mohrite
  4. ↑ Handbook of Mineralogy - Mohrite
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