Mineral name
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Krieselite
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Krieselite on quartz with anglesite and chalcocite. Sample: 10x17 mm. |
Hölzel-No.
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9.AI.145 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2000-043a |
Chemical formula
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Al2GeO4(F,OH)2 |
Type locality
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Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
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Anglesite, quartz, wulfenite, graphite |
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 TS 385 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Krieselite, Al2GeO4(F,OH)2: A new mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia, representing the Ge analogue of topaz.
Schlüter, J., Geisler, T., Pohl, D. & Stephan, T. (2010)
N. Jb. Miner. Abh., 187/1, 33-40. |
Notes / Further information
Discovered by Markus Ecker, Spiessen, Germany, in 1994. Named after Friedrich Wilhelm Kriesel, head of the Tsumeb mine laboratory around 1920. |
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