Mineral name
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Zinkenite
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Size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm with label of G. Rose |
Hölzel-No.
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2.GD.530 |
Type of specimen
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vermutl. T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA |
Chemical formula
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Pb6Sb14S27 |
Type locality
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Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Harz Mts., Wolfsberg |
Associated minerals
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Collection
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Museum für Naturkunde - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Probe 1999-0081 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Ueber den Zinkenit, eine neue Mineralgattung.
Rose, G. (1826)
Poggendorfs Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 7, 83, 91-96
Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung des Zinkenits und des Jamesonits.
Rose, H. (1826)
Poggendorfs Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 8, 84, 99-102 |
Notes / Further information
As per the original description the mineral was named zinkenite by G. Rose, the original samples were made avaiable to G. Rose by the finder Bergrath Zinken. |
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