Mineral name
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Lacroixite
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Type material lacroixite; crystal about 1 cm |
Hölzel-No.
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8.Bl.200 |
Type of specimen
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CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA 1914 |
Chemical formula
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Na,Al[(F,OH)/PO4] |
Type locality
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Germany, Saxony, Ore Mts., Ehrenfriedersdorf, Greifensteine |
Associated minerals
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Crystals in granite vug |
Collection
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Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden |
Contact person
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Prof. Dr. Klaus Thalheim |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Min 1009 Sa (MMG Dresden) / Tresor |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Neue Phosphate vom Greifenstein bei Ehrenfriedersdorf.
Slavik, F. (1914)
Bulletin international de L'Academie des Sciences de Boheme, 1-16 (IV. Lacroixit = der vermeintliche Herderit der neuen Funde 10-13) |
Notes / Further information
In 1914 Slavik examined a crystal from the collection of Roscher, the pharmacist of Ehrenfriedersdorf, and named the new mineral lacroixite. The crystal drawing of Slavik (1914) shows the crystal, which arrived at the museum with the W. Roscher collection (Berlin) in 1926.The mineral was named in honor of Alfred Lacroix (1863-1948), Professor for mineralogy at the "Musée d'Histoire Naturelle" in Paris. |
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