Mineral name
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Damaraite
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Hölzel-No.
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3.EB.240 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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89-13 / 1989 |
Chemical formula
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Pb3O2(OH)Cl |
Type locality
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Namibia, Otavi, Kombat mine, Asis West, W90 SW |
Associated minerals
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Calcite, barite, native copper, jacobsite, hausmannite, hematophanite |
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-89.13-020884 (Mina) / 0/824-s27/2 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen, 4 x 2 x 2 cm. Single crystals in a glass capillary |
References
Damaraite, a new lead oxychloride mineral from the Kombat mine, Namibia (South West Africa).
Criddle, A.J., Keller, P., Stanley, C.J. & Innes, J. (1990)
Mineral. Mag., 54, 593-598
Damaraite, Pb3O2(OH)Cl: Crystal structure and new chemical formula.
Keller, P., Lissner, F.& Schleid, Th. (2001)
N. Jb. Mineral., Mh. 326-336 |
Notes / Further information
Named after the Damara Formation. The type material was provided by R.C. Chaplin, Tsumeb Corporation Limited, Tsumeb. |
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