Mineral name
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Zincrosasite
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Zincrosasite holotype specimen |
Hölzel-No.
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5.BA.230 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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1959 |
Chemical formula
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(Zn,Cu)2[(OH)2|CO3] |
Type locality
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Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
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Smithsonite |
Collection
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Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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N 1377 / 17-7 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Very bright blue crystals, fibreous, partly radiating, on smithsonite |
References
Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundär-Mineralien,insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxidationszone.
Strunz, H. (1959)
Fortschr. Miner., 37, 87-90 |
Notes / Further information
Collected by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hugo Strunz in 1957; Zn-analogue of rosasite. |
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