University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Strontioginorite
Maximum length of the tube: 4,5 cm
Hölzel-No.
 
6.FC.310
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
prä-IMA / 1959
Chemical formula
 
(Sr,Ca)2B14O23 · 8H2O
Type locality
 
Germany, Lower Saxony, Reyershausen, potash mine Königshall-Hindenburg
Associated minerals
 
 
Collection
 
Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum - Georg August Universität Göttingen
Contact person
 
Dr. Alexander Gehler
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
GZG.MIN.5.36.11.1 / UG023-025-Typusschränke Minerale
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Single crystal mounted in a glass tube.
References

Über Strontioginorit, eine neue Ginorit-Varietät aus dem Zechsteinsalz.
Braitsch, O. (1959)
Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie, 6, 366-370.

Crystal structure of Strontioginorite, (Sr, Ca)2B14O20(OH)6 · 5H2O.
Konnert, J. A., Clark, J. R. & Christ, C. L. (1970)
American Mineralogist, 55, 1911-1931.

Strontioginorite: crystal-structure analysis and hydrogen bonding.
Grice, J.D. (2005)
Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1019-1026
Notes / Further information

Collection of Otto Braitsch (1921-1966), who did his doctorate and his habilitation (until 1963) at the University Göttingen and was later on Professor of mineralogy and petrology at the University Freiburg/Br., Germany.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)