University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Trippkeite
Volcanic rock, which encloses trippkeite (about 14x6 mm)
Hölzel-No.
 
4.BF.100
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
1880
Chemical formula
 
CuAs2O4
Type locality
 
Chile, Atacama region, Copiapó
Associated minerals
 
Malachite
Collection
 
Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Bonn
Contact person
 
Dr. Anne Zacke / Dr. Renate Schumacher
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
Tresor des Museums
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Tiny bluegreen crystals, maximum size about 1 mm in volcanic rock
References

Über den Trippkeit, eine neue Mineralspecies.
Damour, A. und vom Rath, G. (1881)
Zs. f. Kristallographie, 5, 245
Notes / Further information

 
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)