Millosevichite

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Millosevichite
Hygroscopic
References[2][3][4]

Millosevichite is a rare sulfate mineral with the chemical formula Al2(SO4)3.[3] Aluminium is often substituted by iron. It forms finely crystalline and often porous masses.

It was first described in 1913 for an occurrence in Grotta dell'Allume,

Vulcano Island, Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Sicily. It was named for Italian mineralogist Federico Millosevich (1875–1942) of the University of Rome.[2]

The mineral is mainly known from burning coal dumps, acting as one of the main minerals forming

solfatara environments).[2][5]
It occurs with
sal ammoniac, letovicite, alunogen and boussingaultite.[2]

References

  1. S2CID 235729616
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  2. ^ a b c d Handbook of Mineralogy
  3. ^ a b Mindat
  4. ^ Webmineral
  5. ^ Chesnokov B. V. and Shcherbakova E. P. 1991: Mineralogiya gorelykh otvalov Chelyabinskogo ugolnogo basseina – opyt mineralogii tekhnogenesa. Nauka, Moscow


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