Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Burning waste dumps of a coal mine.
- Type locality
- Pécs-Vasas
- Pécs District
- Baranya County
- Hungary
46.1583°, 18.3203°
1recorded occurrences
Physical
Crystallography
- Space group
- Cmcm
- Cell parameters
- a = 17.803(7) Å · b = 7.395(4) Å · c = 7.096(3) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 0.415 : 0.399
- Z
- 4
- Type-locality form
Sprays of long-prismatic or lath-like crystals up to 0.7 mm.
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2018-131
- Kolleriet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2018-131 · Kollerit
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.JE.25
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.JArsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites; iodatesDivision
- 4.JESulfitesGroup
- 4.JE.25KolleriteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2019Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2019) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019. CNMNC Newsletter No 48. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (2) 315-317 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.23DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2019.23
- 2021Ende, M., Effenberger, H., Fehér, B., Sajó, I., Kótai, L., Szakáll, S. (2021) Kollerite, (NH4)2Fe3+(SO3)2(OH)·H2O, a new sulfite mineral. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 167, 88 (abs.).
- 2021Fehér, B., Sajó, I., Kótai, L., Szakáll, S., Ende, M., Effenberger, H., Mihály, J. and Szabó, D. (2021) Three New Ammonium-iron-sulfite Phases from a Burning Dump of the Vasas Abandoned Opencast Coal Mine, Pécs, Mecsek Mts., Hungary. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, Szeged, 11, 11.
- 2022(2022) Kollerite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
- 2023Fehér, Béla, Szakáll, Sándor, Ende, Martin, Effenberger, Herta S., Mihály, Judith, Sajó, István, Kótai, László, Szabó, Dávid (2023) Three ammonium-iron-sulfite phases from a burning dump of the Vasas abandoned opencast coal mine (Pécs, Mecsek Mountains, Hungary) and the new mineral kollerite. Mineralogy and Petrology, 117 (2) 231-245 doi:10.1007/s00710-023-00818-1DOI: 10.1007/s00710-023-00818-1
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Kollerite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/kollerite-53409},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}