Mineral name
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Biehlite
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Height: 25 mm, width: 40 mm |
Hölzel-No.
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7.GB420 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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99-019 / 1999 |
Chemical formula
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(Sb,As)2MoO6 |
Type locality
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Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
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Anglesite, wulfenite, copper ores |
Collection
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Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg |
Contact person
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Dr. Stefan Peters |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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MMHH TS220 / Tresor des Museums |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Biehlit, (Sb,As)2MoO6, a new mineral from Tsuneb, Namibia.
Schlüter, J., Klaska, K.-H., Adiwidjaja, G.,Friese, K. and Gebhard, G. (2000)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 5, 234-240
Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of biehlit, Sb1.79As0.21MoO6.
Adiwidjaja, G., Friese, K., Klaska, K.-H., Schlüter, J. and Czank, M. (2000)
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Vol. 215, 529-535 |
Notes / Further information
Bought by Jochen Schlüter during the Munich Mineral Fair from Cleif Queit, Johannesburg, in October 1991. The material was already known since about 1989; accepted as a new mineral species by the CNMMN/IMA in December 1999. |
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