Mineral name
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Kastningite
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Width of sample: 25mm |
Hölzel-No.
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8.DE.460 |
Type of specimen
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CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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97-033 / 1998 |
Chemical formula
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(Mn,Fe,Mg)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
Type locality
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Germany, Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Waidhaus, Silbergrube quarry |
Associated minerals
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With paravauxite and variscite in a quartz-albite-muskovite matrix |
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 HGDF 41 / Tresor des Museums |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Kastningite, (Mn,Fe,Mg)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O, a new phosphate mineral from Waidhaus, Bavaria, Germany.
J. Schlüter, K.-H. Klaska, K. Friese, G. Adiwidjaja (1999)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 1, 40 - 48
The crystal structure of kastningite (Mn,Fe,Mg)(H2O)4[Al2(OH)2(H2O)2(PO4)2] · 2H2O - a new hydroxyl aquated orthophosphate hydrate mineral.
G. Adiwidjaja, K. Friese, K.-H. Klaska, J. Schlüter (1999)
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 214, 465 -468 |
Notes / Further information
Discovered in the open pit „Silbergrube” by Jürgen Kastning, Reinbek, Germany, in September 1996. Holotype used up for the examinations. |
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