Mineral name
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Gordaite
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Gordaite: silvery white and bluish (due to copper content). |
Hölzel-No.
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7.DJ.170 |
Type of specimen
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CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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96-006 / 1996 |
Chemical formula
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NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl · 6H2O |
Type locality
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Chile, Antofagasta region, Sierra Gorda, San Francisco mine |
Associated minerals
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Christelite, herbertsmithite, anglesite, hemimorphite, quartz |
Collection
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Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg |
Contact person
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Prof. Dr. Jochen Schlüter |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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MMHH MM 145 / Tresor des Museums |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Gordaite, NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O, a new mineral from the San Francisco Mine, Antofagasta, Chile.
J. Schlüter, K.-H. Klaska, K. Friese, G. Adiwidjaja, G. Gebhard (1997)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 4, 155-162.
The crystal structure of gordaite NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O.
G. Adiwidjaja, K. Friese, K.-H. Klaska, J. Schlüter (1997)
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Vol.212, 704-707 |
Notes / Further information
Sample from Georg Gebhard, Waldbröl, Germany; discovered on a paratacamite (now herbertsmithite) mineral specimen, bought during the Tucson mineral fair in 1995 from the dealer T. Szenics, USA. |
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