University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Roscherite
Type material of roscherite; width of picture about 3 cm
Hölzel-No.
 
8.DA.240
Type of specimen
 
CT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
prä-IMA 1914
Chemical formula
 
Ca(Mn,Fe2+)Fe3+Be3(PO4)3(OH)4 · 2H2O
Type locality
 
Germany, Saxony, Ore Mts., Ehrenfriedersdorf, Greifensteine
Associated minerals
 
Irregular aggregates grown on feldspar and quartz in granite vugs
Collection
 
Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
Contact person
 
Prof. Dr. Klaus Thalheim
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
Min 2924 Sa (MMG Dresden) / Tresor
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Mineral specimen
References

Neue Phosphate vom Greifenstein bei Ehrenfriedersdorf.
Slavik, F. (1914)
Bulletin international de L'Academie des Sciences de Boheme, 1-16 (II. Roscherit, ein neues Mineral 2-5)
Notes / Further information

Slavik examined different samples from the collection of the pharmacist Roscher in 1914. One of the new discoveries he named in honor of the pharmacist and mineral collector Woldemar Roscher (1866-1934) from Ehrenfriedersdorf. The roscherite sample arrived at the museum with the Roscher collection (Berlin) in 1926.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)