Lonecreekite
NH4Fe3+(SO4)2 • 12H2O [CNMNC approved formula]
Named for the locality: Lone Creek Fall cave, near Sabie, eastern Transvaal, South Africa.
| IMA status : | Approved Species 1983 () |
| CLASSIFICATION | |
| Dana (8th edition) : |
29.05.05.04 |
| (29) Hydrated Acid and Sulfates | |
| (29.05) where A B (XO4)2 · x(H2O) | |
| (29.05.05) Alum Group | |
| Nickel-Strunz (10th edition) : |
07.CC.20 |
| (07) Sulfates (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates) | |
| (07.C) Sulfates (selenates, etc.) without Additional Anions, with H2O | |
| (07.CC) With medium-sized and large cations | |
| Crystal system: | Cubic System |
| Point group (H-M): | m3 (or 2/m 3) — diploidal |
| Other Properties: | H2O Soluble. |