Misenite

Misenite, etc.

Cerros Pintados, Pampa del Tamarugal, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Misenite, etc.

Cerros Pintados, Pampa del Tamarugal, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Misenite, etc.

Cerros Pintados, Pampa del Tamarugal, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

About MiseniteHide

Cape Miseno, Italy

Formula:

K₈H₆(SO₄)₇

Colour:

Colourless (artificial material), greyish-white; colourless in transmitted light

Lustre:

Silky, Pearly

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

After the type locality, Cape Miseno (Capo Miseno), near Naples, Italy.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Grotta dello Zolfo (Grotta di Allume), Miseno, Bacoli, Naples, Campania, Italy

Soluble in H2O; solution has a bitter and acid taste.

Classification of MiseniteHide

Physical Properties of MiseniteHide

Optical Data of MiseniteHide

Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.475 n_β = 1.480 n_γ = 1.487

2V:

Measured: 81° , Calculated: 82°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.012

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Moderate

Dispersion:

none

Chemical Properties of MiseniteHide

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Type Occurrence of MiseniteHide

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Common AssociatesHide

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide

Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals GroupingHide

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Localities for MiseniteHide

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Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Chile
Tarapacá Tamarugal Province Pampa del Tamarugal ⓘ Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados")	Excalibur Mineral Co. specimen
Italy (TL)
Campania Naples Bacoli Miseno ⓘ Grotta dello Zolfo (Grotta di Allume) (TL)	Scacchi A. (1849): Memorie geologiche sulla Campania. Memoria 3a. Esame delle sostanze che si formano presso i fumaroli della Regione Flegrea. Rendiconto Accad. Sci. Napoli, 8, 317-335; Zambonini F. (1907): Su alcuni minerali della Grotta dello Zolfo a Miseno. Rendiconto Accad. Sci. fis. mat. Napoli, serie 3, 46, 324-331; Palache, C., Berman H., Frondel C. (1951): The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: page 396.
Somma-Vesuvius Complex ⓘ Mt Vesuvius	Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 395; Russo, M., Punzo, I. (2004): I minerali del Somma-Vesuvio, AMI.
ⓘ Phlegrean Volcanic Complex	Francesco Civero
Poland
Silesian Voivodeship Wodzisław Co. Radlin ⓘ Marcel mine ?	Łukasz Kruszewski (2012) Unique chloride assemblage of exhalative origin from burning coal-mining dump in Radlin (Rybnik Coal Area, S Poland). Mineralogical Society of Poland Special Papers 40