University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Santarosaite
Santarosaite (MD212; blue) with atacamite (green) and anhydrite (white). Width of the sample: 3 cm; Photo by K.-C. Lyncker, Hamburg.
Hölzel-No.
 
6.BC.130
Type of specimen
 
CT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
2007-013 / 2007
Chemical formula
 
CuB2O4
Type locality
 
Chile, Iquique, Santa Rosa Mine
Associated minerals
 
Atacamite, azurite, malachite, wulfenite, anhydrite
Collection
 
Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg
Contact person
 
Prof. Dr. Jochen Schlüter
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
MD 212/ Tresor des Museums
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Mineral specimens
References

Santarosaite, CuB2O4, a new mineral with disordered structure from the Santa Rosa mine, Atacama desert, Chile.
Schlüter, J., Pohl, D. und Golla-Schindler, U. (2008)
N. Jb. Mineralogie Mh.,185/2, 27-32
Notes / Further information

Discovered by Arturo Molina, Iquique, Chile in 2003. Holotype, sample MD 87, largely used up for the examinations.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)