Mineral name
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Christelite
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Sample 10 mm |
Hölzel-No.
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7.DB.320 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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95-030 / 1995 |
Chemical formula
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Zn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O |
Type locality
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Chile, Antofagasta region, Sierra Gorda, San Francisco mine |
Associated minerals
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Gordaite, herbertsmithite, anglesite, hemimorphite, quartz |
Collection
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Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg |
Contact person
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Prof. Dr. Jochen Schlüter |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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MMHH MM146A / Tresor des Museums |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Christelite, Zn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O, a new mineral from the San Francisco Mine, Antofagasta, Chile.
J. Schlüter, K.-H. Klaska, G. Adiwidjaja, G.Gebhard (1996)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 4, 188-192.
The crystal structure of christelite, Zn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O.
G. Adiwidjaja, K. Friese, K.-H. Klaska, J. Schlüter (1996)
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Vol. 211, 518-521 |
Notes / Further information
Discovered by Christel Gebhard-Giesen, Waldbröl, Germany, on a paratacamite (now herbertsmithite) mineral specimen, bought during the Tucson mineral fair in 1995 from the dealer T. Szenics, USA. |
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