University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Tsumgallite
Width of sample: 17 mm
Hölzel-No.
 
4.FC.210
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
011-2002 / 2002
Chemical formula
 
GaO(OH)
Type locality
 
Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine
Associated minerals
 
Germanite, söhngenite, siderite (Zn-rich) in germanit-tennantite ore
Collection
 
Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg
Contact person
 
Prof. Dr. Jochen Schlüter
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
MMHH TS 509 / Tresor des Museums
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Mineral specimen
References

Tsumgallite, GaO(OH), a new mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Schlüter, J., Klaska, K.-H., Adiwidjaja, G., Gebhard, G. (2003)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 11, 521-527
Notes / Further information

Tsumgallite was discovered in ore samples of the 1960ies from the Tsumeb mine. The material was collected by the then chief geologist Bruno Hermann Geier (8.2.1902 - 30.11.1987) and was made available for examinations by his son Ulf Geier in 2001.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)