Mineral name
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Epistilbite
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Size 4 x 3 x 2 cm, with detailed description of C.S. Weiss |
Hölzel-No.
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9.FM.320 |
Type of specimen
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vermutl. T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA |
Chemical formula
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(Ca,Na2)[Al2Si4O12]·4 H2O |
Type locality
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Iceland, Djupivogur, Berufjord, Teigarhorn |
Associated minerals
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Collection
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Museum für Naturkunde - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Probe 1999-0100 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Ueber den Epistilbit, eine neue zur Familie der Zeolithe gehörige Mineralgattung.
Rose, G. (1826)
Poggendorfs Annalen der Physik, 82, 183-190 |
Notes / Further information
Due to the original description further type specimen should exist in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France. |
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