University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Reinerite
 
Hölzel-No.
 
5.JA.100
Type of specimen
 
CT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
prä-IMA 1958
Chemical formula
 
Zn3(AsO3)2
Type locality
 
Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine
Associated minerals
 
Primary ores
Collection
 
Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin
Contact person
 
Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
86/70, 86/71 / 89-3
Nature of 
type specimen

 
2 samples with bright green crystals up to 1.5 cm on primary ores
References

Reinerit Zn3[AsO3]2, ein neues Mineral der Tsumeb Mine Südwestafrika.
Geier, B.H. and Weber, K. (1958)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 160-167
Notes / Further information

The material described above is only a part of the holotype of the original description; the large blue crystals described therein could not be found until now.
Collected by B. H. Geier, mineralogist at the Tsumeb mine. The mineral was named in honor of Willy Reiner, senior chemist of the Tsumeb Corp. Ltd.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)