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Hermannroseit
Green botryoidal conichalcite/hermannroseite aggregates lining a vug in masses of hydroxylapatite. Sample size 35 x 23 mm; Photo: K.-C. Lyncker, Hamburg.
Mineral: Hermannroseite Hölzel-No.: 8.BL.225 Type of specimen: HT IMA-No. / Accepted: 2010-006 Chemical formula: CaCu(PO4,AsO4)(OH) Type locality: Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine Associated minerals: Conichalcite, hydroxylapatite, whitlockite, pseudomalachite, manganese oxides/hydroxides Collection: Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg Catalogue−No. / Site: MMHH TS 637 Nature of type specimen: Mineral specimen References:
The new mineral hermannroseite, CaCu(PO4,AsO4)(OH), the phosphate analogue of conichalcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia.
Schlüter, J., Pohl, D. and Gebhard, G. (2011)
N.. Jb. Miner. Abh. , 188/2 , 135-140 Notes / Further information:
Sample (original No. 16862) collected by Dr. Bruno Geier, at that time chief geologist at the Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, in the 1960ies. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/hermannroseite.html
The new mineral hermannroseite, CaCu(PO4,AsO4)(OH), the phosphate analogue of conichalcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia.
Schlüter, J., Pohl, D. and Gebhard, G. (2011)
N.. Jb. Miner. Abh. , 188/2 , 135-140 Notes / Further information:
Sample (original No. 16862) collected by Dr. Bruno Geier, at that time chief geologist at the Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, in the 1960ies. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/hermannroseite.html
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