Mineral name
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Changoite
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Length: 30 mm |
Hölzel-No.
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7.CD.730 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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97-041 / 1998 |
Chemical formula
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Na2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O |
Type locality
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Chile, Antofagasta region, Sierra Gorda, San Francisco mine |
Associated minerals
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Thenardite, gypsum |
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 C1/97 / Tresor des Museums |
Nature of
type specimen
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Crystal aggegate |
References
Changoite, Na2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O, a new mineral from Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile.
J. Schlüter, K.-H. Klaska, G. Gebhard (1999)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 3, 97-103 |
Notes / Further information
Discovered by Georg Gebhard, Waldbröl, Germany, on the dumps of the San Francisco mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile, in 1997. |
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