Mineral name
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Whiteite-(CaMnFe)
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Small mineral specimen with microscopic light yellow whiteite-(CaMnFe) crystals (in the upper left light brown drusy area of the specimen), specimen size 4 x 2 x 2 cm |
Hölzel-No.
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- |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2022-072 |
Chemical formula
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CaMnFe2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8 H2O |
Type locality
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Germany, Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Hagendorf-South (pegmatite) |
Associated minerals
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Rockbridgeite, hureaulite, relic triphylite, strengite and laueite. |
Collection
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Museum Reich der Kristalle - Mineralogische Staatssammlung München |
Contact person
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Dr. Melanie Kaliwoda |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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MSM 38031 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Micromount |
References
Whiteite-(CaMnFe), a new jahnsite-group mineral from the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria.
Hochleitner, R., Rewitzer, C., Grey, I.E., Mumme, W.G., MacRae, C.M., Kampf, A.R., Keck, E., Gable, R.W., and Glenn, A.M. (2023)
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 95-103 |
Notes / Further information
Identified by R. Hochleitner and C. Rewitzer in a sample from the Erich Keck Collection at the Mineralogical State Collection Munich. |
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