Mineral name
|
Uranopilite
| 
Maximum length of the glass tube: 5 cm |
Hölzel-No.
|
7.ED.400 |
Type of specimen
|
T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
|
prä-IMA / 1882 |
Chemical formula
|
(UO2)6[(OH)10|SO4] · 12H2O |
Type locality
|
Germany, Saxony, Ore Mts., Johanngeorgenstadt, Georg Wagsfort mine |
Associated minerals
|
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Collection
|
Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum - Georg August Universität Göttingen |
Contact person
|
Dr. Alexander Gehler |
Catalogue−No. / Site
|
GZG.MIN.6.4.98.3 / UG023-025-Typusschränke Minerale |
Nature of
type specimen
|
Material in a glass tube. |
References
Mineralogische Notizen II. 17. Uranocker
Weisbach, A. (1882)
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, 2, 249-259.
A new Uranyl sulfate chain in the structure of Uranopilite
Burns, P.C. (2001)
Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1139-1146 |
Notes / Further information
Donation (1882/1883) from Albin Weisbach (1833-1901) to Karl Klein (1842-1907), who was Professor of mineralogy in Goettingen between 1877 and 1887 and director of the "Mineralogisch-Petrographische Institut". |
