Mineral name
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"Vondechenite"
(discredited)
= Calumetite
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Vondechenite holotype sample (24 x 16 mm) with polished section. |
Hölzel-No.
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3.MB.770 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2016-065 |
Chemical formula
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CaCu4Cl2(OH)8·4H2O |
Type locality
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Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Eifel, Ettringer Bellerberg near Mayen |
Associated minerals
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Ettringite, jennite |
Collection
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Mineralogisches Museum der Universität Hamburg |
Contact person
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Prof. Dr. Jochen Schlüter |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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MMHH 1366 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Vondechenite, a new hydrous calcium copper chloride hydroxide from the Bellerberg, East-Eifel volcanic area, Germany.
Schlüter, J., Malcherek, T., Pohl, D. and Schäfer, C. (2017)
N. Jb. Miner. Abh. (J. Min. Geochem.), 195, 1, 79-86 |
Notes / Further information
Collected in April 1993 by Christof Schäfer in the northern part of the Caspar quarry, near the origin of the northern lava flow of the Bellerberg volcano. |
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