Mineral name
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Chenite
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Hölzel-No.
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7.BA.350 |
Type of specimen
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Teil des HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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83-69 / 1983 |
Chemical formula
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Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 |
Type locality
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Great Britain, Scotland, Lanarkshire, Leadhills |
Associated minerals
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Galena, chalcopyrite, caledonite, linarite, leadhillite, susannite |
Collection
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Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart |
Contact person
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Franz Xaver Schmidt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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TM-83.69 / 0/824-s27/2 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Single crystals in a glass capillary |
References
Chenite, Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6,a new mineral, from Leadhills, Scotland.
Paar, W.H., Mereiter, K., Braithwaite, R.S.W., Keller, P. & Dunn, P.J. (1986)
Mineral. Mag., 50, 129-135
The crystal structure of chenite, Pb4Cu(OH)6(SO4)2.
Hess, H., Keller, P. & Riffel, H. (1988)
N. Jb. Mineral., Mh. 259-264 |
Notes / Further information
Named after Dr. T.T. Chen. |
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