University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Chudobaite
 
Hölzel-No.
 
8.CD.250
Type of specimen
 
CT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
1962
Chemical formula
 
(Mg,Zn)5[AsO3OH|AsO4]2·(8+2)H2O
Type locality
 
Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine
Associated minerals
 
Conichalcite, cuproadamite, Zn-olivenite
Collection
 
Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin
Contact person
 
Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
86/65 / 33-3
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Specimen with 3 crystals up to 4 mm in size on conichalcite, cuproadamite and Zn-Olivenite
References

Chudobait, ein neues Mineral von Tsumeb.
Strunz, H. (1960)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 1-7
Notes / Further information

Collected by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hugo Strunz in 1957; named in honour of Prof. Dr. K. F. Chudoba, mineralogist and petrologist of the University of Bonn, Germany.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)