Mineral name
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Brabantite = Cheralite
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Brabantite holotype |
Hölzel-No.
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(8.AF.150) = 8.AF.140 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2006-05-F |
Chemical formula
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CaTh[PO4]2 |
Type locality
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Namibia, Karibib District, Erongo Mountains, Brabant pegmatite |
Associated minerals
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Albit, muscovite, thorite, uraninite, etc. |
Collection
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Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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81/40 / 26-2 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Sample with several radiating crystal aggegates up tp 1,5 cm in size |
References
Brabantit, CaTh[PO4]2, a new mineral of the monazite group.
Rose, D. (1980)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 247-257 |
Notes / Further information
Sample collected about 1975 by D.Rose during his dissertation on the Brabant pegmatite; named after type locality |
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