Mineral name
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Stottite
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Stottite holotype specimen |
Hölzel-No.
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4.FD.230 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA 1958 |
Chemical formula
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FeGe(OH)6 |
Type locality
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Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
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Primary ores |
Collection
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Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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86/61, 86/62 / Pult 16, 89-1 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Specimen with 2 crystals up to 1 cm on primary ores, as well as about 20 crystal fragments up to 2 mm |
References
Stottit, ein neues Germanium-Mineral und seine Paragenese.
Strunz, H., Söhnge, G. und Geier, B.H. (1958)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 85-96 |
Notes / Further information
Collected in 1957 by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hugo Strunz. The mineral was named in honor of Charles E. Stott, geologist and general director of the Tsumeb mine. |
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