University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Pollucite
27113: tube = 7,5 cm long
Hölzel-No.
 
9.FB.180
Type of specimen
 
27112 HT
27111 Teil vom HT
27113 Teil vom HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
prä-IMA / 1846
Chemical formula
 
(Cs,Na)2[AlSi2O6]2 · H2O
Type locality
 
Italy, Elba island, San Piero in Campo, La Speranza (Pisani quarry)
Associated minerals
 
Tourmaline, quartz, microcline, muscovite
Collection
 
Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen - TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Contact person
 
Andreas Massanek
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
27111 / V 2,6
27112 / V 2,6
27113 / V 2,6
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Single crystals in tubes
References

Neue Mineralien: Kastor und Pollux
Breithaupt, J.F.A. (1846)
Poggendorff's Ann.Phys.Chem., 69, 439
Notes / Further information

27112: Breithaupt 1846, with results of density measurements.
27111: Breithaupt 1846.
27113: Breithaupt 1846.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)