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Melanterite from
Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania


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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
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Melanterite

Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Halotrichite7
Voltaite Group1
Quartz1
Pyrite1
Limonite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Johan Hell Mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:967795
Long-form Identifier:1:3:967795:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘVăratec deposit, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘConciu mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘBreiner Mine (Brainer Mine; Breiner deposit), Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘCizma Mine (Cisma deposit), Poiana Botizii, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘBaia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘRăzoare, Târgu Lăpuș, Maramureș County, Romania
References
Ł. Kruszewski & M. Cegiełka PXRD data
Ł. Kruszewski pXRF data
Januszewska, A., Kruszewski, Ł., Siuda, R., Żochowski, P., Kosałka, P., Sierny, W., 2023. Insights into the paragenesis of recently forming weathering minerals in acid mine drainage: a case study from world-class polymetallic deposits of the Carpathian Mountains. Mineralogia - Special Papers, 51, 68 (9th Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Poland 28th Meeting of the Petrology group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland, October 19-22, 2023, Bielawa, Poland
Peterson, R.C. (2003b) Dehydration of mine waste. The relationship among melanterite FeSO4·7H2O, siderotil FeSO4·5H2O and rozenite FeSO4·4H2O. Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada-Society of Economic Geologists Abstracts Volume 28: 134-135.
 
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