University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Uranospinite
Uranospinite, zeunerite, walpurgite (8 x 6 x 3 cm)
Hölzel-No.
 
8.EA.510
Type of specimen
 
T
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
prä-IMA / 1873
Chemical formula
 
Ca[UO2|AsO4]2 · 10H2O
Type locality
 
Germany, Saxony, Ore Mts., Schneeberg-Neustädtel, Weißer Hirsch mine (shaft 3), Walpurgis Flacher Gang
Associated minerals
 
Walpurgite, zeunerite, quartz, churchite-(Y), native bismuth, goethite
Collection
 
Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen - TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Contact person
 
Andreas Massanek
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
21725 / a 1,5 (hist. Vitr. Weisbach - LaSa)
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Mineral specimen
References

Neue Uranerze von Neustädtel bei Schneeberg
Weisbach, A. (1873)
für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Königreiche Sachsen, Abhandlungen, 119-121
Notes / Further information

Brought along by Weisbach himself in 1871. The label shows, that the examinations were done on this specimen.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)