University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Schneebergite
Type material of schneebergite, width of sample 3,5 cm
Hölzel-No.
 
8.DK.300
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
99-027 / 1999
Chemical formula
 
Bi,Co2(AsO4)2[(H2O)(OH)]
Type locality
 
Germany, Saxony, Ore Mts., Schneeberg, mining district „Roter Berg“, dump
Associated minerals
 
Scorodite, Ba-pharmacosiderite
Collection
 
Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
Contact person
 
Prof. Dr. Klaus Thalheim
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
Min 18332 Sa (MMG Dresden) / Tresor
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Mineral specimen
References

Schneebergite and nickelschneebergite from Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany: the first Bi-bearing members of the tsumcorite group.
Krause, W., Bernhardt, H.-J., Effenberger, H. und Witzke, T. (2002)
Eur. J. Mineral., 14, 115-126
Notes / Further information

The type material is from F. Schlegel, Schneeberg (find 1997). The mineral was named after the type locality Schneeberg in the Ore Mountains, Saxony.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)