Rozenite Mineral Data

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General Rozenite Information

Chemical Formula:

Fe++SO4•4(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 223.97 gm

Iron 24.93 % Fe 32.08 % FeO

Hydrogen 3.60 % H 32.17 % H₂O

Sulfur 14.32 % S 35.75 % SO₃

Oxygen 57.15 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Fe²⁺(SO₄)•4(H₂O)

Environment:

Secondary mineral, formed at or below 21 deg C and under low humidity directly from copper-free melanterite

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1960

Locality:

Staszic mine, Poland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Zygmunt Rozen (1874-1936), mineralogist and petrographer, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Kracow, Poland.

Name Pronunciation:

Rozenite

Synonym:

ICSD 23912

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Rozenite Image

Images:

Rozenite Ferrinatrite Copiapite

Comments: White powdery rozenite coating with yellow ferrinatrite on purple copiapite.
Location: Le Cetine Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Rozenite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4374:1:0.5842

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.945, b = 13.59, c = 7.94, Z = 4; beta = 90.5° V = 641.47 Den(Calc)= 2.32

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/n

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.47(1), 5.46(0.9), 3.97(0.7),

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Baur W H , Acta Crystallographica , 15 (1962) p.815-826, Zur kristallchemie der salzhydrate. Die kristallstrukturen von MgSO4*4H2O, (leonhardtit) und FeSO4*4H2O (rozenit), Locality: synthetic

Physical Properties of Rozenite

Color:

Colorless, Greenish, Greenish white, Yellowish white, White.

Density:

2.195

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Hardness:

2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite

Luster:

Earthy (Dull)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Rozenite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.047 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2308,KPDmeas= 0.244,KC= 0.233
Ncalc = 1.51 - 1.54

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.526-1.528, b=1.536-1.537, g=1.541-1.545, bire=0.0150-0.0170, 2V(Calc)=70-86, 2V(Meas)=90.

Calculated Properties of Rozenite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.36 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Rozenite =2.32 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0066396714
Boson Index = 0.9933603286

Photoelectric:

PE_Rozenite= 8.09 barns/electron
U=PE_Rozenite x rElectron Density= 19.10 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Rozenite is Not Radioactive

Rozenite Classification

Dana Class:

29.06.06.01 (29)Hydrated Acid and Sulfates

(29.06)where A XO4 · x(H2O)

(29.06.06)Rozenite Group (Monoclinic)

29.06.06.01 Rozenite FeSO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

29.06.06.02 Starkeyite MgSO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

29.06.06.03 Ilesite (Mn,Zn,Fe)SO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

29.06.06.04 Aplowite (Co,Mn,Ni)SO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/m 2/m

29.06.06.05 Boyleite (Zn,Mg)SO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

29.06.06.06 IMA2002-034! CdSO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

Strunz Class:

07.CB.15 07 - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES)

07.C - Sulfates (selenates, etc.) without Additional Anions, with H2O

07.CB -With only medium-sized cations

07.CB.15 Boyleite (Zn,Mg)SO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

07.CB.15 Aplowite (Co,Mn,Ni)SO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/m 2/m

07.CB.15 Ilesite (Mn,Zn,Fe)SO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

07.CB.15 Rozenite FeSO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

07.CB.15 Starkeyite MgSO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

07.CB.15 IMA2002-034! CdSO4•4(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

Other Rozenite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic5) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Rozenite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Athena
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
12 - MinDAT
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - Online Mineral Museum
15 - QUT Mineral Atlas
16 - Ruff.Info
17 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Rozenite

Fe++SO4•4(H2O)
Dana No: 29.06.06.01 Strunz No: 07.CB.15
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