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Siderit

Bildbreite: 7 mm; Fundort: Okaihau, Far North-Distrikt, Region Northland, North Island, Neuseeland

Fred Kruijen

Contribution: slugslayer 2010-11-28

Locality: Okaihau / Far North-Distrikt / Northland, Region / North Island / Neuseeland

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Siderit (SNr: Binn-TuA-Side-2-1-1)

Gebogener, aus radial miteinander verwachsenen Subindividuen aufgebauter Sideritkristall von der Turbenalp. Größe des Kristalles etwa 22 mm.

Collection:

Klaus Schäfer

Contribution: Klaus Schäfer 2019-09-19

Locality: Turbenalp / Albrunhorn-Turbhorn-Gebiet / Binn / Goms, Bezirk / Wallis, Kanton / Schweiz

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Siderit (SNr: A015282)

Nadelige dunkelbraune Kristalle bilden dreieckige säulige Aggregate, BB = 4,5 mm, Fundort: Wheal Drea, Kenidjack Valley, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK.

Collection:

Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter

Bebo

Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2012-10-21

Locality: Wheal Drea / Kenidjack Valley / St. Just / St. Just District / Cornwall Co. / England / UK

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Siderit

Auerbach, Grube Leoni, BB 6mm

Collection:

Georg Prock

Contribution: Gepro 2020-08-08

Locality: Grube Leonie / Auerbach in der Oberpfalz / Amberg-Sulzbach, Landkreis / Oberpfalz, Bezirk / Bayern / Deutschland

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Siderit

Grube Fischbacher Werk, Niederfischbach, Siegerland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
(Bildbreite ca. 10 mm)

Collection:

MichaelP

Contribution: MichaelP 2007-12-05

Locality: Grube Fischbacher Werk / Niederfischbach / Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Kreis / Rheinland-Pfalz / Deutschland

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Siderit

Pfunderer Bergbau, Rotlahner, Bestimmung visuell, Bildbreite 2,5 mm

Collection:

Alois Keil

Kainosit

Contribution: Kainosit 2018-05-18

Locality: Pfunderer Berg (Montefondoli) / Klausen (Chiusa) / Eisacktal, Bezirk / Südtirol (Bozen), Provinz / Trentino-Südtirol (Trentino-Alto Adige), Region / Italien

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Collectors Summary

Color

gelb bis dunkelbraun, grau, teilweise bunt metallisch anlaufend, bei kohliger Beimengung schwarz

Streak color

weiß

Lustre

Glasglanz, Seidenglanz

Hardness (Mohs)

Solubility

+++ warme Säuren, +- kalte HCl

Crystal System

trigonal, R3c

Morphology

meist Rhomboeder {1011} bis Skalenoeder {2131}, prismatisch {1010} ,{0001} mit weiteren untergeordneten Formen, bis 25 cm Größe, oft auch linsenförmig gekrümmt; faserig, stalaktitisch, sphärolitisch, fein granulierte Massen;

Additional information / Summary

Auführliche Informationen zur Geschichte, zu Fundstellen, zur Verwendung etc. sind im

Mineralienportrait Siderit

zu finden.

Chemism

Chemical formula

Fe²⁺CO₃

Chemical composition

Eisen, Kohlenstoff, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 115.85427 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 5

Info

Empirical formula:

FeCO₃

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Carbon	C	10.37	1	20.00	12.0107800	12.0107800
Oxygen	O	41.43	3	60.00	15.9994300	47.9982900
Iron	Fe	48.20	1	20.00	55.8452000	55.8452000

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Analysis wt%

MnO : 1.12, FeO : 61.08, CO₂ : 38.19 (Ref: Dana, 7th ed. 2)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

5.AB.05

5: Carbonate (Carbonate, Nitrate)
A: Carbonate ohne weitere Anionen, ohne H₂O
B: Alkali-Erden- (und andere M^2*) Carbonate
05:Calcit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

V/B.02-040

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
B: Wasserfreie Carbonate [CO3] 2-, ohne fremde Anionen
2: Calcit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

5.AB.140

5: CARBONATES NITRATES ARSENITES SULFITES SELENITES TELLURITES IODATES
A: Carbonates (-Anions -Water)
B: Carbonates: hexagonal or trigonal
1: Calcite-Group

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

11.13.01

11: Carbonates
13: Carbonates of Fe

Dana 8th edition

14.01.01.03

14: Anhydrous Carbonates
01: Anhydrous Carbonates with Simple Formula A+ CO3
01: Calcite Group (Trigonal: R-3c)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

Calcite group

Optical Properties

Color	gelb bis dunkelbraun, grau, teilweise bunt metallisch anlaufend, bei kohliger Beimengung schwarz
Streak color	weiß
Diaphaneity (Transparency)	durchscheinend
Lustre	Glasglanz, Seidenglanz
max. Birefringence	0.240
	$Birefringence chart\! Siderite title=Birefringence chart Siderite$ Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.
RI value α / ω / n	1.873
RI value γ / ε	1.633
Ri mean	1.793
2V angle	Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Crystal System	trigonal
Class (H-M)	3m
Space Group number	167
Space Group	R3c
Cell parameters a (Å)	4.69
Cell parameters b (Å)	-
Cell parameters c (Å)	15.38
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	3.279
Cell parameters c/b	-
Z	6
Volumne (Å³)	292.976
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	3.593 (25), 2.795(100), 2.346 (20), 2.134 (20), 1.9650 (20), 1.7382(30), 1.7315(35); Probe von Ivigtut, Grönland

Morphology	meist Rhomboeder {1011} bis Skalenoeder {2131}, prismatisch {1010} ,{0001} mit weiteren untergeordneten Formen, bis 25 cm Größe, oft auch linsenförmig gekrümmt; faserig, stalaktitisch, sphärolitisch, fein granulierte Massen;

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)	4
VHN (Hardness Vickers)	190 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)
Density (g/cm³)	3.96 (gemessen) 3.936 (berechnet)
	3.94 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Radioactivity	keine
Instability	+++ warme Säuren, +- kalte HCl

Preface

Associations	Quarz, Baryt, Fluorit, Pyrit.
Rareness	Nicht selten, zahlreiche Lokationen weltweit
Name from	vom griechischen Wort "sideros" für Eisen (Fe) in der chemischen Formel
Author (Name, Year)	Haidinger, 1845

References

Schoklitsch (1935) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig 90, 433.

Wayland (1942) American Mineralogist 27, 614.

Rowland and Jonas (1949) American Mineralogist 34, 550.

Mineralogical Magazine 33 (1962), 263.

Geological Society of America Memoir 85 (1962), 218.

Gaines, Richard V., H. Catherine, W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, Abraham Rosenzweig (1997), Dana's New Mineralogy - The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, 435.

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 156 (1981), 233.

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony u.w.), 5 (2003), 644.

American Mineralogist 89 (2004), 294.

IMA group assignments

Calcite group Calcite CaCO₃ trigonal R3c Gaspéite (Ni,Mg,Fe²⁺)CO₃ trigonal R3c Magnesite MgCO₃ trigonal R3c Otavite CdCO₃ trigonal R3c Rhodochrosite Mn(CO₃) trigonal R3c Siderite Fe²⁺CO₃ trigonal R3c Smithsonite ZnCO₃ trigonal R3c Spherocobaltite CoCO₃ trigonal R3c
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Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Calcite	CaCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.05
Otavite	CdCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.05
Siderite	Fe²⁺CO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.05
Gaspéite	(Ni,Mg,Fe²⁺)CO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.05
Magnesite	MgCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.05
Smithsonite	ZnCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.05
Rhodochrosite	Mn(CO₃) trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.05
Spherocobaltite	CoCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.05

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Vaterite	CaCO₃ hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	V/B.02-010
Calcite	CaCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	V/B.02-020
Magnesite	MgCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	V/B.02-030
Siderite	Fe²⁺CO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	V/B.02-040
Rhodochrosite	Mn(CO₃) trigonal : 3m : R3c	V/B.02-050
Smithsonite	ZnCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	V/B.02-060
Spherocobaltite	CoCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	V/B.02-070
Gaspéite	(Ni,Mg,Fe²⁺)CO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	V/B.02-080
Otavite	CdCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	V/B.02-090

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Calcite	CaCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.100
Vaterite	CaCO₃ hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	5.AB.105
Otavite	CdCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.110
Magnesite	MgCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.130
Siderite	Fe²⁺CO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.140
Spherocobaltite	CoCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.145
Gaspéite	(Ni,Mg,Fe²⁺)CO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.150
Rhodochrosite	Mn(CO₃) trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.160
Smithsonite	ZnCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	5.AB.170

Related minerals "Dana 8. Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Calcite	CaCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	14.01.01.01
Magnesite	MgCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	14.01.01.02
Siderite	Fe²⁺CO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	14.01.01.03
Rhodochrosite	Mn(CO₃) trigonal : 3m : R3c	14.01.01.04
Smithsonite	ZnCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	14.01.01.06
Otavite	CdCO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	14.01.01.07
Gaspéite	(Ni,Mg,Fe²⁺)CO₃ trigonal : 3m : R3c	14.01.01.08
Vaterite	CaCO₃ hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	14.01.02.01
Gregoryite	(Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃ hexagonal : 6mm : P6₃mc	14.01.02.02
Aragonite	CaCO₃ orthorhombisch : mmm : Pmcn	14.01.03.01
Witherite	BaCO₃ orthorhombisch : mmm : Pmcn	14.01.03.02
Strontianite	SrCO₃ orthorhombisch : mmm : Pmcn	14.01.03.03
Cerussite	PbCO₃ orthorhombisch : mmm : Pmcn	14.01.03.04
Rutherfordine	UO₂(CO₃) orthorhombisch : mm2 : Imm2	14.01.04.01
Widenmannite	Pb₂(OH)₂[(UO₂)(CO₃)₂] orthorhombisch : mmm : Pmmn	14.01.05.01
Natrite	Na₂CO₃ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	14.01.06.01
Zabuyelite	Li₂CO₃ monoklin : 2/m : C2/c	14.01.06.02
Čejkaite	Na₄UO₂(CO₃)₃ triklin : 1 : P1 ?	14.01.07.01

Related minerals "Hey's Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Siderite

Fe²⁺CO₃

trigonal : 3m : R3c

11.13.01

Varieties

Oligonite	manganhaltige Sideritvarietät mit bis zu 40 % MnCO₃-Gehalt
Pistomesite	Eine Varietät von magnesiumreichem Siderit Eisen (Fe) : Magnesium (Mg) = Atom-Verhältnis variiert von 70:30 bis 50:50
Sideroplesite
Sphärosiderite	mikrokristalline, botryoidale Siderit-Varietät

Other languages

German	Siderit
Spanish	Siderita
English	Siderite
French	Siderite
Russian	Сидерит
Japanese	菱鉄鉱
Simplified Chinese	菱铁矿

old name

German	Flins
German	Flinz
German	Weißeisenerz

Alternative Name

German	Aerosiderit
Spanish	Aerosiderita
	Aerosiderite
German	Bemmelenit
Spanish	Bemmelenita
	Bemmelenite
	Calcareous Iron Ore
	Calcareous Iron Ore
	Carbonate of Iron
	Chalybit
Spanish	Chalybita
English	Chalybite
German	Eisenkalk
	Eisenspat
German	Eisenspath (of Hausmann)
French	Fer carbonaté
German	Gyrit
Spanish	Gyrita
	Gyrite
	Iron Spar
	Junckrite
German	Junckérit
	Junckérite
	Junkerite
German	Järn med Kalkjord förenadt
German	Kohlensaures Eisen
Latin	Minera ferri alba spathiformis
German	Pelosiderit
Spanish	Pelosiderita
	Pelosiderite
	Siderite (of Haidinger)
French	Sidérose
	Sparry Iron Ore
	Spateisenstein
Swedish	Spatformig Jernmalm
	Spathic Iron
German	Spathiger Eisen
	Spathose Iron
German	Stahelreich Eisen
German	Stahlstein
	Steel Ore
	Thomate
German	Thomaît
Spanish	Thomaîta
Italian	Thomaîta
	Thomaîte

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