Mineral name
|
Laueite
| 
Laueite cotype material |
Hölzel-No.
|
8.DE.435 |
Type of specimen
|
CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
|
prä-IMA 1954 |
Chemical formula
|
Mn2+Fe23+[OH|PO4]2 · 8H2O |
Type locality
|
Germany, Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Hagendorf-South (pegmatite) |
Associated minerals
|
Rockbridgeite, huréaulite, stewartite |
Collection
|
Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin |
Contact person
|
Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel |
Catalogue−No. / Site
|
89/192, 89/200, 92/54 / 34-1, 31-6 |
Nature of
type specimen
|
Specimen with about 50 crystals up to 1,5 mm next to huréaulite on rockbridgeite;
Specimen with about 50 crystals up to 2 mm on a thin crust of rockbridgeite;
Specimen with about 10 crystals up to 1,5 mm next to stewartite on rockbridgeite |
References
Laueit, MnFe2III[OH|PO4]2 · 8H2O.
Strunz, H. (1954)
Naturwissenschaften, 41, 256 |
Notes / Further information
Collected by Prof. Dr. Christel Tennyson in 1952. The mineral was named in honor of Max von Laue. |
