University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Coombsite
Size: about 2,5 x 2,5 x 0,2 cm
Hölzel-No.
 
9.CF.415
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
89-058
Chemical formula
 
KMn12Fe[(OH)6+1|Si3O3|(Si,Al)66O18]2
Type locality
 
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Watson Beach
Associated minerals
 
 
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

Coombsite, manganese analogue of zussmanite, and associated Mn-silicates, parsettensite and caryopilite, from southeast Otago, New Zealand
Sameshima, T. und Kawachi, Y. (1991)
Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 34, 329-335
Notes / Further information

 
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