Mineral name
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Gallite
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Gallite holotype material |
Hölzel-No.
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2.CB.230 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA / 1958 |
Chemical formula
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CuGaS2 |
Type locality
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Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
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Reniérite |
Collection
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Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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86/67, 87/564, 396 / 41-10, 45-1, Schrank 97 |
Nature of
type specimen
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3 samples with grains up to 5 mm, enclosed in reniérite;
2 extracted grains (1-2 mm); polished ore section |
References
Gallit, CuGaS2, das erste selbständige Galliummineral, und seine Verbreitung in den Erzen der Tsumeb- und Kipushi-Mine.
Strunz, H., Geier, B.H. und Seeliger, E. (1958)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 1958, 241-264 |
Notes / Further information
Collected by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hugo Strunz in 1957; named after the element gallium - gallite is the first ever described gallium mineral. |
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