University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Fehrite
Holotype sample of fehrite and detail of fehrite crystals (Photo: C. Rewitzer; width of the picture 0.6 mm).
Hölzel-No.
 
 
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
IMA 2018-125a
Chemical formula
 
MgCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O
Type locality
 
Spain, Andalusia, Almería, Pechina, Baños de Alhamilla, Casualidad mine
Associated minerals
 
Clinoatacamite, kapellasite, gordaite, serpierite, connellite and gypsum
Collection
 
Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg
Contact person
 
Prof. Dr. Jochen Schlüter
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
MM 1544
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Mineral specimen
References

Fehrite, MgCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O, the magnesium analogue of ktenasite from the Casualidad mine near Baños de Alhamilla, Almeria, Spain.
Schlüter, J., Malcherek, T. Mihailova, B., Rewitzer, C., Hochleitner, R., Müller, D. and Günther, A. (2020)
N. Jb. Miner. Abh. (J. Min. Geochem.), ...
Notes / Further information

Discovered and recovered from the mine between 1999 and 2008 by Christian Rewitzer, Rupert Hochleitner and Thomas Fehr.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)