Mineral name
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Belloite
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Belloite crystals (picture 1 cm); Belloite (yellowish green) with paratacamite (green) and nitratine (white) (sample 12 cm) |
Hölzel-No.
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3.CB.100 |
Type of specimen
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CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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98-054 / 1999 |
Chemical formula
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Cu(OH)Cl |
Type locality
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Chile, Antofagasta region, Sierra Gorda, La Vendida mine |
Associated minerals
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Nitratine, paratacamite, atacamite, gunnigite, alunite, natrojarosite |
Collection
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Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg |
Contact person
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Dr. Stefan Peters |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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MMHH C9828c/ Tresor des Museums |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Belloite, Cu(OH)Cl, a new mineral from Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile.
J. Schlüter, K.-H. Klaska, G. Gebhard (2000)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 2, 67-73 |
Notes / Further information
Discovered by Georg Gebhard, Waldbröl, Germany, on dumps of the La Vendita mine in spring 1998. |
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