Mineral name |
Kemmlitzite
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Type material of kemmlitzite |
Hölzel-No.
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7.BC.200 |
Type of specimen
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CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
|
1967-021 |
Chemical formula
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Sr,Al3[(OH)6/SO4/AsO4] |
Type locality
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Germany, Saxony, Kemmlitz bei Mügeln |
Associated minerals
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Heavy mineral concentrate with zircon, anatase and apatite |
Collection
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Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden |
Contact person
|
Prof. Dr. Klaus Thalheim |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Min 12660 Sa (MMG Dresden) / Tresor |
Nature of type specimen
|
Heavy mineral concentrate |
References
Kemmlitzite, a new mineral of the Woodhouseite group. Hak, J., Johan, Z., Kvacek, M. und Liebscher, W. (1969) N. Jb. Min. Mh., 201-212 |
Notes / Further information
A new mineral in the heavy mineral concentrates of the kaolinite deposit Kemmlitz was described by Liebscher for the first time in 1961. Kemmlitzite was accepted by the CNMMN of the IMA in the year 1967. The sample of kemmlitzite was deposited in the museum by the author W. Liebscher, Dresden, in the year 1972. The mineral was named for the type locality Kemmlitz near Mügeln, Northwest-Saxony. |
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