University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Abswurmbachite
Size: about 4 x 3 x 2 cm
Hölzel-No.
 
9.AG.210
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
90-007
Chemical formula
 
Cu2+Mn63+[O8|SiO4]
Type locality
 
Greece, Euboea, Mili near Karystos
Associated minerals
 
Quartz, shattuckite, tenorite, sursassite, piemontite, ardennite, rutile, hollandite, Mn-Cu-clinochlore
Collection
 
Institut für Mineralogie, Geologie und Geophysik - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Contact person
 
Dr. Hans-Peter Schertl
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
 
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Mineral specimen
References

Abswurmbachite, Cu2+Mn63+[O8|SiO4], a new mineral of the braunite group: natural occurence, synthesis, and crystal structure
Reinecke, T., Tillmanns, E., Bernhardt, H.-J. (1991)
N. Jb. Mineral. Abh.Augus 1991, 117-1433
Notes / Further information

 
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