a yellow to brown secondary mineral consisting of basic hydrated sulphate of iron and potassium in masses or hexagonal crystals. Formula: KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Word origin
C19: from Barranco Jaroso, in Almeria, Spain + -ite1
Examples of 'jarosite' in a sentence
jarosite
The contact of sulfuric acid with the clay deposits formed alunite, jarosite, and natroalunite.
Marjan Temovski, Philippe Audra, Andrej Mihevc, Jorge E. Spangenberg, Victor Polyak,William McIntosh, Jean-Yves Bigot 2013, 'Hypogenic origin of Provalata Cave, Republic of Macedonia: a distinct case of successivethermal carbonic and sulfuric acid speleogenesis', International Journal of Speleologyhttp://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1744&context=ijs. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Jarosite was determined from the sulfur content.
Yvon J., Baudracco J., Letellier M. C. 2006, 'Comparaison de diverses méthodes de dosage des argiles d'un sable de gisement. Dosagedes argiles Comparison of Different Methods of Determining Clays in a Reservoir Sand.Quantitative Analysis of Clays', Oil & Gas Science and Technologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst:1990030. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Besides this, hematite, jarosite and manganese are also present as supergene minerals.
Hamdan Z. Abidin, Bhakti H. Harahap 2014, 'Indikasi mineralisasi epitermal emas bersulfi da rendah, di Wilayah Kecamatan Bonjol,Kabupaten Pasaman, Sumatera Barat', Indonesian Journal on Geosciencehttps://ijog.geologi.esdm.go.id/index.php/IJOG/article/view/28. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Then, iron was hydrothermally removed from the acid solution as the precipitate of jarosite.
Bo Zhang, Peiyang Shi, Maofa Jiang 2016, 'Advances towards a Clean Hydrometallurgical Process for Chromite', Mineralshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/1/7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Calcite, gypsum, goethite, jarosite, brushite, hydroxylapatite and taranakite were found in the compositionof crusts, crystals, aggregates and earthy masses.
Tudor Tamas, Razvan Ungureanu 2010, 'Mineralogy of speleothems from four caves in the Purcăreţ - Boiu Mare Plateau andthe Baia Mare Depression (NW Romania)', Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologiahttp://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol55/iss2/art3/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this work, the characterization of a synthetic mercury jarosite and its thermal decomposition kinetics are reported.
Mizraim U. Flores, Iván A. Reyes, Elia G. Palacios, Francisco Patiño, Julio C.Juárez, Martín Reyes, Aislinn M. Teja, Hernán Islas, Emmanuel J. Gutiérrez 2019, 'Kinetic Analysis of the Thermal Decomposition of a Synthetic Mercury Jarosite', Mineralshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/4/200. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Some intermediate phases (gypsum, aluminite, basaluminite, jarosite and others) may crystallize in the formed caverns and fractures.
N. N. Zinchuk 2017, 'Structure and Composition of the Weathering Crust on the Terrigenous-Carbonate Rocksin Diamondiferous Regions', Vestnik Permskogo Universiteta: Seriâ Geologiâhttp://geology-vestnik.psu.ru/index.php/geology/article/view/197. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In electrolytic production of zinc, the iron levels in the solutions are controlled by precipitation of jarosite or goethite.
Minna Rämä, Samu Nurmi, Ari Jokilaakso, Lassi Klemettinen, Pekka Taskinen, JustinSalminen 2018, 'Thermal Processing of Jarosite Leach Residue for a Safe Disposable Slag and ValuableMetals Recovery', Metalshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/8/10/744. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)