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Iron-bearing Magnesite, etc.

Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dolomite

Friedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Magnesite

Pomba pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Iron-bearing Magnesite, etc.

Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dolomite

Friedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Magnesite

Pomba pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Iron-bearing Magnesite, etc.

Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dolomite

Friedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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About Bitter SparHide

Synonym of:

Dolomite, Magnesite

This page provides mineralogical data about Bitter Spar.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

5258

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:5258:6

Similar NamesHide

Bitterspat	A synonym of Magnesite	MgCO₃
Bitterspat (of Klaproth)	A synonym of Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂

Chemical AnalysisHide

Oxide wt%:

	1
MgO	46.97 %
CaO	50.95 %
SiO₂	0.64 %
FeO	1.12 %
Total:	99.68 %

Sample references:

ID	Locality	Reference	Notes
1	Impensada Mine, Pacios, Vila de Mouros, Incio, Lugo, Galicia, Spain	Victor Pais	Several samples analysed with XRF in the laboratory of Magnesitas de Rubian company.

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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	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0000086	Dolomite	Steinfink H, Sans F J (1959) Refinement of the crystal structure of dolomite American Mineralogist 44 679-682	1959		0	293
0000108	Dolomite	Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates American Mineralogist 46 1283-1316	1961		0	293
0000584	Dolomite	Althoff P L (1977) Structural refinements of dolomite and a magnesian calcite and implications for dolomite formation in the marine environment American Mineralogist 62 772-783	1977		0	293
0000904	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Wenk H R (1983) Structure refinements of some thermally disordered dolomites sample EU American Mineralogist 68 769-776	1983		0	293
0000905	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Wenk H R (1983) Structure refinements of some thermally disordered dolomites sample DO - 1050 American Mineralogist 68 769-776	1983		0	293
0000906	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Wenk H R (1983) Structure refinements of some thermally disordered dolomites sample DO - 1100 American Mineralogist 68 769-776	1983		0	293
0001026	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Markgraf S A (1986) High-temperature crystal chemistry of dolomite American Mineralogist 71 795-804	1986		0	293
0001027	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Markgraf S A (1986) High-temperature crystal chemistry of dolomite American Mineralogist 71 795-804	1986		0	293
0001028	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Markgraf S A (1986) High-temperature crystal chemistry of dolomite American Mineralogist 71 795-804	1986		0	293
0001029	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Markgraf S A (1986) High-temperature crystal chemistry of dolomite American Mineralogist 71 795-804	1986		0	293
0001030	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Markgraf S A (1986) High-temperature crystal chemistry of dolomite American Mineralogist 71 795-804	1986		0	293
0001031	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Markgraf S A (1986) High-temperature crystal chemistry of dolomite American Mineralogist 71 795-804	1986		0	293
0001032	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Markgraf S A (1986) High-temperature crystal chemistry of dolomite American Mineralogist 71 795-804	1986		0	293
0001033	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Markgraf S A (1986) High-temperature crystal chemistry of dolomite American Mineralogist 71 795-804	1986		0	293
0001065	Dolomite	Miser D E, Swinnea J S, Steinfink H (1987) TEM observations and X-ray crystal-structure refinement of a twinned dolomite with a modulated microstructure American Mineralogist 72 188-193	1987		0	293
0001272	Dolomite	Reeder R J, Dollase W A (1989) Structural variation in the dolomite-ankerite solid-solution series: An X-ray, Mossbauer, and TEM study sample BM 1931-294 American Mineralogist 74 1159-1167	1989		0	293
0001453	Dolomite	Ross N L, Reeder R J (1992) High-pressure structural study of dolomite and ankerite American Mineralogist 77 412-421	1992		0	293
0001454	Dolomite	Ross N L, Reeder R J (1992) High-pressure structural study of dolomite and ankerite American Mineralogist 77 412-421	1992		1.5	293
0001455	Dolomite	Ross N L, Reeder R J (1992) High-pressure structural study of dolomite and ankerite American Mineralogist 77 412-421	1992		2.9	293
0001456	Dolomite	Ross N L, Reeder R J (1992) High-pressure structural study of dolomite and ankerite American Mineralogist 77 412-421	1992		3.7	293
0001457	Dolomite	Ross N L, Reeder R J (1992) High-pressure structural study of dolomite and ankerite American Mineralogist 77 412-421	1992		4.69	293
0003598	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	293
0003599	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	630
0003600	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	675
0003601	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	809
0003602	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	925
0003603	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	999
0003604	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1039
0003605	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1074
0003606	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1070
0003607	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1106
0003608	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1142
0003609	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1171
0003610	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1205
0003611	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1234
0003612	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1265
0003613	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1292
0003614	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1320
0003615	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1346
0003616	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1362
0003617	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1394
0003618	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1400
0003619	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1443
0003620	Dolomite	Antao S M, Mulder W H, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2004) Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite+magnesite - dolomite reaction boundary American Mineralogist 89 1142-1147	2004		3	1466
0006026	Dolomite	Drits V A, McCarty D K, Sakharov B, Milliken K L (2005) New insight into structural and compositional variability in some ancient excess-Ca dolomite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1255-1290	2005	Lea County, New Mexico, USA	0	293
0006027	Dolomite	Drits V A, McCarty D K, Sakharov B, Milliken K L (2005) New insight into structural and compositional variability in some ancient excess-Ca dolomite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1255-1290	2005	Lea County, New Mexico, USA	0	293
0006028	Dolomite	Drits V A, McCarty D K, Sakharov B, Milliken K L (2005) New insight into structural and compositional variability in some ancient excess-Ca dolomite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1255-1290	2005	Lea County, New Mexico, USA	0	293
0006029	Dolomite	Drits V A, McCarty D K, Sakharov B, Milliken K L (2005) New insight into structural and compositional variability in some ancient excess-Ca dolomite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1255-1290	2005	Lea County, New Mexico, USA	0	293
0006030	Dolomite	Drits V A, McCarty D K, Sakharov B, Milliken K L (2005) New insight into structural and compositional variability in some ancient excess-Ca dolomite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1255-1290	2005	Coke County, Texas, USA	0	293
0006031	Dolomite	Drits V A, McCarty D K, Sakharov B, Milliken K L (2005) New insight into structural and compositional variability in some ancient excess-Ca dolomite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1255-1290	2005	Coke County, Texas, USA	0	293
0006032	Dolomite	Drits V A, McCarty D K, Sakharov B, Milliken K L (2005) New insight into structural and compositional variability in some ancient excess-Ca dolomite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1255-1290	2005		0	293
0020832	Dolomite	Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithsonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 156 233-243	1981	Pberdorf, Styria, Austria	0	293
0015666	Dolomite	Beran A, Zemann J (1977) Refinement and comparison of the crystal structures of a dolomite and of an Fe-rich ankerite Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 24 279-286	1977	Oberdorf, Styria, Austria	0	293
0000099	Magnesite	Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates American Mineralogist 46 1283-1316	1961		0	293
0000389	Magnesite	Oh K D, Morikawa H, Iwai S I, Aoki H (1973) The crystal structure of magnesite American Mineralogist 58 1029-1033	1973		0	293
0000990	Magnesite	Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600	1985		0	293
0000991	Magnesite	Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600	1985		0	293
0000992	Magnesite	Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600	1985		0	293
0000993	Magnesite	Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600	1985		0	293
0000994	Magnesite	Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600	1985		0	293
0001905	Magnesite	Ross N L (1997) The equation of state and high-pressure behaviour of magnesite American Mineralogist 82 682-688	1997		0	293
0001906	Magnesite	Ross N L (1997) The equation of state and high-pressure behaviour of magnesite American Mineralogist 82 682-688	1997		2.26	293
0001907	Magnesite	Ross N L (1997) The equation of state and high-pressure behaviour of magnesite American Mineralogist 82 682-688	1997		3.09	293
0001908	Magnesite	Ross N L (1997) The equation of state and high-pressure behaviour of magnesite American Mineralogist 82 682-688	1997		4.16	293
0001909	Magnesite	Ross N L (1997) The equation of state and high-pressure behaviour of magnesite American Mineralogist 82 682-688	1997		4.77	293
0001910	Magnesite	Ross N L (1997) The equation of state and high-pressure behaviour of magnesite American Mineralogist 82 682-688	1997		6.05	293
0002899	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		23.1	293
0002900	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		29.9	293
0002901	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		41.3	293
0002902	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		45.6	293
0002903	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		51.8	293
0002904	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		56.6	293
0002905	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		60.2	293
0002906	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		70.7	293
0002907	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		71.2	293
0002908	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		75.7	293
0002909	Magnesite	Fiquet G, Guyot F, Kunz M, Matas J, Andrault D, Hanfland M (2002) Structural refinements of magnesite at very high pressure American Mineralogist 87 1261-1265	2002		82.6	293
0004322	Magnesite	Bromiley F A, Boffa Ballaran T, Langenhorst F, Seifert F (2007) Order and miscibility in the otavite - magnesite solid solution American Mineralogist 92 829-836	2007	synthetic	0	873
0004323	Magnesite	Bromiley F A, Boffa Ballaran T, Langenhorst F, Seifert F (2007) Order and miscibility in the otavite - magnesite solid solution American Mineralogist 92 829-836	2007	synthetic	0	873
0009893	Magnesite	Maslen E N, Streltsov V A, Streltsova N R, Ishizawa N (1995) Electron density and optical anisotropy in rhombohedral carbonates. III. Synchrotron X-ray studies of CaCO3, MgCO3 and MnCO3 Acta Crystallographica B51 929-939	1995		0	293
0020836	Magnesite	Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithsonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 156 233-243	1981	Oberdorf, Styria, Austria	0	293

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 Refinement of the crystal structure of dolomite
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