Mineral name |
Chudobaite
| 
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Hölzel-No.
|
8.CD.250 |
Type of specimen
|
CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
|
1962 |
Chemical formula
|
(Mg,Zn)5[AsO3OH|AsO4]2·(8+2)H2O |
Type locality
|
Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
|
Conichalcite, cuproadamite, Zn-olivenite |
Collection
|
Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin |
Contact person
|
Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel |
Catalogue−No. / Site
|
86/65 / 33-3 |
Nature of type specimen
|
Specimen with 3 crystals up to 4 mm in size on conichalcite, cuproadamite and Zn-Olivenite |
References
Chudobait, ein neues Mineral von Tsumeb. Strunz, H. (1960) N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 1-7 |
Notes / Further information
Collected by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hugo Strunz in 1957; named in honour of Prof. Dr. K. F. Chudoba, mineralogist and petrologist of the University of Bonn, Germany. |