Eldfellite, NaFe(SO 4 ) 2 , a new fumarolic mineral from Eldfell volcano, Iceland

• Published in: Mineralogical Magazine
• Main Authors: Balic Zunic, Tonci, Garavelli, A., Acquafredda, P., Leonardsen, E., Jakobsson, S.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/TheFacultyOfScience; Faculty of Science; eldfellite; nye mineraler; nye mineral arter; new mineral; fumaroles; new mineral species; Eldfell; Heimaey; Iceland
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/eldfellite-nafeso42-a-new-fumarolic-mineral-from-eldfell-volcano-iceland(c8fe5480-ea39-11de-ba73-000ea68e967b).html; https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2009.073.1.51

A new mineral, eldfellite, was found among fumarolic encrustations collected in 1990 on the Eldfell volcano, Heimaey Island, Iceland. Associated minerals are ralstonite, anhydrite, gypsum, bassanite, hematite, opal and tamarugite, as well as a presumably new mineral with the composition Na 3 Fe(SO 4...