Mineral name
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Kolbeckite
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Type material kolbeckite; width of the picture about 3 cm |
Hölzel-No.
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8.CC.270 |
Type of specimen
|
CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
|
prä-IMA 1926 |
Chemical formula
|
Sc[PO4]·2H2O |
Type locality
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Germany, Saxony, Ore Mts., Niederpöbel bei Schmiedeberg, copper mine Sadisdorf |
Associated minerals
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Little blue crystals on drusy matrix of quartz and chlorite |
Collection
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Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden |
Contact person
|
Dr. Andreas Gärtner |
Catalogue−No. / Site
|
Min 694 Sa (MMG Dresden) / Tresor |
Nature of
type specimen
|
Mineral specimen |
References
Kolbeckit ein neues sächsisches Mineral.
Edelmann, F. (1926)
Jahrbuch für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen in Sachsen, 73-74 |
Notes / Further information
In 1908 director Morgenstern discovered a blue crystal in the mined ores of the copper mine Sadisdorf near Niederpöbel. Until 1926 8 crystals were known, 3 loose crystals and 5 on matrix. The kolbeckite sample was donated to the museum by the author F. Edelmann, Freiberg, in 1935. The mineral was named in honor of Friedrich Kolbeck (1860-1943), Professor of mineralogy at the "Bergakademie Freiberg". |
