Mineral name
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Karlleuite
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Fragment of xenolite GB1, in which karlleuite was detected; points 1-6 indicate the location of the new mineral within the holotype sample. |
Hölzel-No.
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- |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2023-102 |
Chemical formula
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Ca2MnO4 |
Type locality
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Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Eifel, Ettringer Bellerberg near Mayen, Caspar quarry |
Associated minerals
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Reinhardbraunsite, larnite, minerals of fluorellestadite-fluorapatite series, chlormayenite, gehlenite, srebrodolskite, brownmillerite, sharyginite, perovskite, lakargiite, hydrocalumite, calcite, ettringite, periclase, hydrated Ca silicates and aluminosilicates |
Collection
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Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz, Landessammlung für Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz |
Contact person
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Dr. Grit Benedix/b> |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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NHMMZ M 2023/2-LS |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Karlleuite Ca2MnO4 – a first mineral with the Ruddlesden-Popper type structure from Bellerberg volcano, Germany.
Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Biljana, Cametti, Georgia, Ternes, Bernd, Blaβ, Günter (2024)
Mineralogy and Petrology, 569-580; doi:10.1007/s00710-024-00869-y
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Notes / Further information
The xenolith specimen with karlleuite was collected by Bernd Ternes and Günter Blaꞵ in the area of the open quarry. |
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