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Struvit
Crystals up to 25 mm
Mineral: Struvite Hölzel-No.: 8.CD.660 Type of specimen: T IMA-No. / Accepted: prä-IMA / 1846 Chemical formula: (NH4)MgPO4 · 6H2O Type locality: Germany, Hamburg, Nikolai church, subsurface Associated minerals: In peat-soil Collection: Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg Catalogue−No. / Site: Tresor des Museums Nature of type specimen: Single crystals and crystals in peat-soil References:
Ueber natürlich vorkommende phosphorsaure Ammoniaktalkerde.
Ulex, G.L. (1846)
(Liebig) Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie , 58 , 99-101
Ueber Struvit.
Ulex, G.L. (1848)
(Liebig) Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie , 66 , 41-44 Notes / Further information:
During foundation work at the St. Nikolai church in Hamburg, Germany, numerous crystals were found in a brownish-black layer of peat-soil in 1846.
The crystals were examined, described and named in honor of Minister von Struve by the chemist/pharmacist Georg Ludwig Ulex (Hamburg, 1811-1883).
Heinrich Christoph Gottfried von Struve (1772-1851) was "kaiserlich-russischer Geheimer Rat, außerordentlicher Gesandter und bevollmächtigter Minister bei den freien und Hansestädten" as well as founder of the Natural History Museum of Hamburg. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/struvite.html
Ueber natürlich vorkommende phosphorsaure Ammoniaktalkerde.
Ulex, G.L. (1846)
(Liebig) Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie , 58 , 99-101
Ueber Struvit.
Ulex, G.L. (1848)
(Liebig) Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie , 66 , 41-44 Notes / Further information:
During foundation work at the St. Nikolai church in Hamburg, Germany, numerous crystals were found in a brownish-black layer of peat-soil in 1846.
The crystals were examined, described and named in honor of Minister von Struve by the chemist/pharmacist Georg Ludwig Ulex (Hamburg, 1811-1883).
Heinrich Christoph Gottfried von Struve (1772-1851) was "kaiserlich-russischer Geheimer Rat, außerordentlicher Gesandter und bevollmächtigter Minister bei den freien und Hansestädten" as well as founder of the Natural History Museum of Hamburg. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/struvite.html
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