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Gordait
Gordaite: silvery white and bluish (due to copper content).
Mineral: Gordaite Hölzel-No.: 7.DJ.170 Type of specimen: CT IMA-No. / Accepted: 96-006 / 1996 Chemical formula: NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl · 6H2O Type locality: Chile, Antofagasta region, Sierra Gorda, San Francisco mine Associated minerals: Christelite, herbertsmithite, anglesite, hemimorphite, quartz Collection: Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg Catalogue−No. / Site: MMHH MM 145 / Tresor des Museums Nature of type specimen: Mineral specimen References:
Gordaite, NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O, a new mineral from the San Francisco Mine, Antofagasta, Chile.
J. Schlüter, K.-H. Klaska, K. Friese, G. Adiwidjaja, G. Gebhard (1997)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh. , 4 , 155-162.
The crystal structure of gordaite NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O.
G. Adiwidjaja, K. Friese, K.-H. Klaska, J. Schlüter (1997)
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie , Vol. 212 , 704-707 Notes / Further information:
Sample from Georg Gebhard, Waldbröl, Germany; discovered on a paratacamite (now herbertsmithite) mineral specimen, bought during the Tucson mineral fair in 1995 from the dealer T. Szenics, USA. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/gordaite.html
Gordaite, NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O, a new mineral from the San Francisco Mine, Antofagasta, Chile.
J. Schlüter, K.-H. Klaska, K. Friese, G. Adiwidjaja, G. Gebhard (1997)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh. , 4 , 155-162.
The crystal structure of gordaite NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O.
G. Adiwidjaja, K. Friese, K.-H. Klaska, J. Schlüter (1997)
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie , Vol. 212 , 704-707 Notes / Further information:
Sample from Georg Gebhard, Waldbröl, Germany; discovered on a paratacamite (now herbertsmithite) mineral specimen, bought during the Tucson mineral fair in 1995 from the dealer T. Szenics, USA. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/gordaite.html
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The Mineralogical Museum's mineral collection contains minerals, gemstones and precious stones as well as syntheses and imitations of minerals. The collection provides the basis for mineralogical research and teaching at the University of Hamburg. It has grown since 1988 from about 1,600 to date (2022) about 3,155 of the currently approximately 5,800 recognized mineral species, making it one of the largest mineralogical reference collections in Germany. In the context of geodiversity research, numerous new minerals have been scientifically described in the Mineralogical Museum and are deposited in the museum as so-called type minerals.
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