FUNDus!
Tsumgallit
Width of sample: 17 mm
Mineral: Tsumgallite Hölzel-No.: 4.FC.210 Type of specimen: HT IMA-No. / Accepted: 011-2002 / 2002 Chemical formula: GaO(OH) Type locality: Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine Associated minerals: Germanite, söhngenite, siderite (Zn-rich) in germanit-tennantite ore Collection: Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg Catalogue−No. / Site: MMHH TS 509 / Tresor des Museums Nature of type specimen: Mineral specimen References:
Tsumgallite, GaO(OH), a new mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Schlüter, J., Klaska, K.-H., Adiwidjaja, G., Gebhard, G. (2003)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh. , 11 , 521-527 Notes / Further information:
Tsumgallite was discovered in ore samples of the 1960ies from the Tsumeb mine. The material was collected by the then chief geologist Bruno Hermann Geier (8.2.1902 - 30.11.1987) and was made available for examinations by his son Ulf Geier in 2001. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/tsumgallite.html
Tsumgallite, GaO(OH), a new mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Schlüter, J., Klaska, K.-H., Adiwidjaja, G., Gebhard, G. (2003)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh. , 11 , 521-527 Notes / Further information:
Tsumgallite was discovered in ore samples of the 1960ies from the Tsumeb mine. The material was collected by the then chief geologist Bruno Hermann Geier (8.2.1902 - 30.11.1987) and was made available for examinations by his son Ulf Geier in 2001. Type Specimen Catalogue Entry: http://www.typmineral.uni-hamburg.de/tables/en/tsumgallite.html
Collection: Minerals
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.
Contact:
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Hamburg site
Grindelallee 48
20146 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 238317-808
E-mail: s.peters@leibniz-lib.de
