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Rhodochrosite-Siderite Series

A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals

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Rhodochrosite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA

Sphärosiderite

Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye, Tokaj District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

Rhodochrosite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA

Rhodochrosite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA

Sphärosiderite

Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye, Tokaj District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

Rhodochrosite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA

Rhodochrosite, etc.

Sweet Home Mine, Detroit City Claim Block, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA

Sphärosiderite

Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye, Tokaj District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

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About Rhodochrosite-Siderite SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Series Formula:

MnCO₃ to FeCO₃

A series between Rhodochrosite and Siderite

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

8683

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:8683:3

Chemical AnalysisHide

Oxide wt%:

	1
MnCO₃	92.41 %
FeCO₃	0.64 %
CaCO₃	5.86 %
MgCO₃	1.12 %
Total:	100.03 %

Sample references:

ID	Locality	Reference	Notes
1	Moët-Fontaine, Rahier, Stoumont, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium	de Koninck, L.L. (1879) La rhodochrosite de Moët-Fontaine. Bulletin de l'Académie royale de Belgique, 2e série: 47: 568.

Crystallography of Rhodochrosite-Siderite SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0020837	Siderite	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	Ivigtut, Greenland	0	293
0020834	Rhodochrosite	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	Alicante, Spain	0	293
0017561	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	0.02	293
0017562	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	1.89	293
0017563	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	3.48	293
0017564	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	4.89	293
0017565	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	7.31	293
0017566	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	14.4	293
0017567	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	18.37	293
0017568	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	18.82	293
0017569	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	19.19	293
0017570	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	28.62	293
0017571	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	30.6	293
0017572	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	36.3	293
0017573	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	38.5	293
0017575	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	39	293
0017574	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	39.05	293
0017576	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	41.2	293
0017577	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	43.9	293
0017578	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	44.14	293
0017579	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	45.13	293
0017580	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	46.4	293
0017581	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	46.92	293
0017582	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	47.2	293
0017583	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	47.49	293
0017584	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	49.2	293
0017585	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	51.9	293
0017586	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	52.6	293
0017587	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	54	293
0017592	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	55	293
0017591	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	55	293
0017590	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	55	293
0017589	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	55	293
0017588	Siderite	Lavina B, Dera P, Downs R T, Yang W, Sinogeikin S, Meng Y, Shen G, Schiferl D (2010) Structure of siderite FeCO3 to 56 GPa and hysteresis of its spin-pairing transition Physical Review B82 064110-8	2010	Invigtut, Greenland	55.96	293
0009892	Rhodochrosite	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
0009891	Rhodochrosite	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
0000101	Siderite	Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates American Mineralogist 46 1283-1316	1961		0	293
0000100	Rhodochrosite	Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates American Mineralogist 46 1283-1316	1961		0	293
0018095	Rhodochrosite	Wyckoff R (1920) The crystal structures of some carbonates of the calcite group _cod_database_code 1011228 American Journal of Science 50 317-360	1920		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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'Mereiter K'
'Zemann J'
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;
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 smithsonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the
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;
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_chemical_compound_source 'Ivigtut, Greenland'
_chemical_formula_sum '(Fe.95 Mn.05) C O3'
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Mn   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.05000
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Mn 0.00580 0.00580 0.00514 0.00290 0.00000 0.00000
C 0.00571 0.00571 0.00511 0.00286 0.00000 0.00000
O 0.00586 0.00850 0.00915 0.00425 -0.00077 -0.00154

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Associations Based on Photo Data:

3 photos of Rhodochrosite-Siderite Series associated with Rhodochrosite	MnCO₃
3 photos of Rhodochrosite-Siderite Series associated with Calcite	CaCO₃
3 photos of Rhodochrosite-Siderite Series associated with Silica
2 photos of Rhodochrosite-Siderite Series associated with 'Manganese-bearing Calcite'	(Ca,Mn)CO₃

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- 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 (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

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


Argentina
Catamarca Province Andalgalá Department Andalgalá ⓘ Capillitas mining district	[Rhodochrosite] Gübelin et al. (1976) +4 other references

Australia
New South Wales Northumberland County Woy Woy ⓘ Woy Woy Council Quarry	[Siderite var: Manganese-bearing Siderite] England (1987)
Tasmania West Coast municipality Zeehan mining district North Dundas ⓘ Renison Bell Mine	[Siderite] Bottrill et al. (2008)

Austria
Styria Leoben District Eisenerz ⓘ Styrian Erzberg	[Siderite] collection Landesmuseum Joanneum - Graz +3 other references

Brazil
Minas Gerais Nova Lima ⓘ Morro Velho mine	[Siderite] Rocks & Minerals: 63: 43. +4 other references

China
Guangxi Wuzhou Cangwu Co. Liubao ⓘ Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine)	[Rhodochrosite] Lavinsky (n.d.) +1 other reference

France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Isère Grenoble Susville ⓘ Villaret pit	[Siderite] Belot (1978) +1 other reference

Gabon
Haut-Ogooué Province Léboumbi-Leyou Department Moanda ⓘ Moanda Mine	[Rhodochrosite] www.chez.com/ericlecaplain2/Mounana.html +3 other references

Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Altenkirchen Daaden-Herdorf Herdorf ⓘ Wolf Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Weiß (1990) +1 other reference
Saxony-Anhalt Harz Harzgerode Neudorf ⓘ Pfaffenberg Mine	[Siderite] Bancroft (1973) +1 other reference

Greece
Central Macedonia Chalkidiki Aristotelis Kassandra mining district ⓘ Madem-Lakkos	[Rhodochrosite] Gatedal (n.d.) +2 other references

Ireland
Munster Cork County Mizen Peninsula Ballydehob Audley Mines ⓘ Ballycummisk Mine	[Siderite] Flannery (n.d.)

Italy
Tuscany Lucca Province Stazzema ⓘ Bottino Mine	[Siderite] Bonazzi et al. (1992)

Japan
Aomori Prefecture Nakatsugaru District Nishimeya-mura ⓘ Oppu Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Rocks & Min.: 61:11.
Hokkaidō Prefecture Shiribeshi Subprefecture Furubira District ⓘ Inakuraishi mine	[Rhodochrosite] Symposium sobre Yacimientos de Manganeso +4 other references
Ibaraki Prefecture Higashiibaraki District Shirosato-machi ⓘ Takatori mine	[Rhodochrosite] Petrov (n.d.) +2 other references

Mexico
Chihuahua Aquiles Serdán Municipality ⓘ Santa Eulalia Mining District	[Rhodochrosite]
West Camp Francisco Portillo ⓘ Potosí Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Panczner (1987)

Peru
Ancash Bolognesi Province Aquia District ⓘ Pachapaqui mining district	[Rhodochrosite] - (1997) +1 other reference
Pallasca Province Pampas District ⓘ Pasto Bueno	[Rhodochrosite] - (1997) +1 other reference
ⓘ Huayllapon Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Rocks & Min.:61:9. +2 other references
Huancavelica Castrovirreyna Province Castrovirreyna District ⓘ Castrovirreyna mining district	[Rhodochrosite] Crowley et al. (1997)
Junín Yauli Province Morococha District ⓘ Manuelita Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Hyrsl et al. (2003) +1 other reference
Lima Huarochirí Province Chicla District Casapalca ⓘ Casapalca Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Palache et al. (1951) +1 other reference
Oyón Province Oyón District Uchucchacua area ⓘ Uchucchacua Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Bussell et al. (1990) +4 other references

Portugal
ⓘ Panasqueira Mines	[Siderite] Figueiras +5 other references

Romania
Maramureș County Cavnic ⓘ Cavnic Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Hîrtopanu +4 other references

Russia
Primorsky Krai Dalnegorsk Urban District Dalnegorsk ⓘ Nikolaevskiy Mine	[Siderite] Dobovol'skaya et al. (1990) +1 other reference

South Africa
Northern Cape John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality Joe Morolong Local Municipality N'Chwaning Mines ⓘ N'Chwaning I Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Rocks & Min.: 61:7. +4 other references

Spain
Galicia Lugo Quiroga Folgoso do Courel Santa Eufemia ⓘ La Campa mine	[Siderite] Victor Pais Collection

UK
England Cornwall Carn Brea Pool ⓘ Tincroft Mine	[Siderite] Phillips (1823) +3 other references
Devon West Devon Buckland Monachorum ⓘ Virtuous Lady Mine	[Siderite] Paul De Bondt collection +3 other references

USA
Colorado Park County Alma Mining District Mount Bross Detroit City Claim Block ⓘ Sweet Home Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Rocks & Min.:61:7 +3 other references
Connecticut Hartford County New Britain ⓘ Arute Field	[Siderite] Moritz (n.d.)
ⓘ State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut)	[Siderite] Moritz (n.d.) +1 other reference
Litchfield County Roxbury Mine Hill ⓘ Roxbury Iron Mine	[Siderite] Palache et al. (1951) +1 other reference
New London County Salem ⓘ Renz Quarry	[Siderite] Visual ID by Mike Polletta And Jeremy ...
Maine Oxford County Buckfield ⓘ Bennett Quarry	[Rhodochrosite] King et al. (1994)
Montana Silver Bow County Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District) ⓘ Travona Mine	[Rhodochrosite] Manganese at Butte +2 other references
New Hampshire Coos County Gorham ⓘ Mascot Mine	[Siderite] A. Plante collection +3 other references
North Carolina Davidson County Cid Mining District ⓘ Conrad Hill Mine (Dodge Hill Mine)	[Siderite] Steve Adams +1 other reference
Washington Grant County Coulee City ⓘ Coulee City Marina	[Siderite] T Douglas Schonewald Collection
King County Snoqualmie Mining District Hansen Creek area ⓘ Humpback Mountain	[Siderite] Eric He's Collection +1 other reference
Wisconsin Dodge County Iron Ridge Mining District (Neda Iron Mining District) Iron Ridge Mines ⓘ Iron Ridge Mine (Neda Mine; Oliver Mine)	[Siderite] Hawley (1934)
ⓘ Mayville Shaft Mine	[Siderite] Hawley (1934)

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