University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Wilhelmvierlingite
Wilhelmvierlingite holotype specimen
Hölzel-No.
 
8.DL.160
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
1982-025
Chemical formula
 
CaMnFe3+[OH|(PO4)2] · 2H2O
Type locality
 
Germany, Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Hagendorf-South (pegmatite)
Associated minerals
 
 
Collection
 
Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin
Contact person
 
Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
89/109 / 37-5
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Specimen with very tiny radiating crystal aggregates up to 0,4 mm in size
References

Wilhelmvierlingit, (Ca,Zn)MnFe3+[OH|(PO4)2] · 2H2O, ein neues Mineral von Hagendorf/Oberpfalz.
Mücke, A. (1983)
Aufschluss, 34, 267-274
Notes / Further information

Collected by Prof. Dr. Arno Mücke. The mineral was named in honor of Wilhelm Vierling, an eminent specialist of the Hagendorf deposit.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)