Mineral name
|
Stranskiite
| 
Stranskiite holotype and investigation samples |
Hölzel-No.
|
8.AB.480 |
Type of specimen
|
HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
|
1962 |
Chemical formula
|
CuZn2[AsO4]2 |
Type locality
|
Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
|
Chalcocite |
Collection
|
Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin |
Contact person
|
Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel |
Catalogue−No. / Site
|
86/63, 86/64, 88/14 / 25-9 |
Nature of
type specimen
|
Specimen with radiating crusts up to 3 mm thick build up of crystals up to 11 mm in length on chalcocite; about 0,25 cm loose material:
one piece of the above described crust |
References
Stranskiit, ein neues Mineral.
Strunz, H. (1960)
Naturwissenschaften, 47, 376 |
Notes / Further information
Collected in 1957 by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hugo Strunz. The mineral was named in honor of Prof. Dr. I. N. Stranski, crystallographer in Berlin. |
