University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Orthowalpurgite
Size: about 1 x 1 x 1 mm
Hölzel-No.
 
8.EB.560
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
94-024
Chemical formula
 
(BiO)4[UO2|(AsO4)2] · 2H2O
Type locality
 
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Black Forest, near Wittichen, Schmiedestollen
Associated minerals
 
Preisingerite, anatase, quartz
Collection
 
Institut für Mineralogie, Geologie und Geophysik - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Contact person
 
Dr. Hans-Peter Schertl
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
 
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Crystal aggregates
References

Orthowalpurgite, (UO2)Bi4O4(AsO4)2 · 2H2O, a new mineral from the Black Forest, Germany
Krause, W., Effenberger, H., Brandstätter, F. (1995)
Eur. J. Mineral., 7, 1314-1324
Notes / Further information

 
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)