Mineral name
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Nosean
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Large sanidinite ejecta with nosean (geologist's hammer for size comparison), western Sandkaule near Maria Laach Abbey, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, collection Karl Wilhelm Nose (inv. no. 2019_00064, size 31 x 12 x 15 cm). This sample is mentioned on page 114 of Johann Jacob Nöggerath's “Mineralogical Studies of the Mountains of the Lower Rhine” and is used on the following pages to describe the morphology of Nosean. The enlarged section shows a black-gray Nosean crystal next to white, tabular sanidine (crystal height approx. 9 mm) from this sample. |
Hölzel-No.
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- |
Type of specimen
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vermutl. T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA |
Chemical formula
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Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4) |
Type locality
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Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Eifel, Mendig, Lake Laach |
Associated minerals
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Sanidine |
Collection
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Museum für Naturkunde - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Probe 2019_00064 and other Cotypes e. g. 2002-2108, 2016-01074, 2016-01079, 2016-01080, 2016_01082, 2016_01239, 2016_01240 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimens |
References
Mineralogische Studien über die Gebirge am Niederrhein. Nach der Handschrift eines Privatisierenden [Karl Wilhelm Nose].
Nöggerath, J. J. (Hrsg.) (1808)
Frankfurt am Main (Hermann), 276 Seiten
Nosean – Der Klaprothsche Name Nosian kann sich nicht durchsetzen.
Schmitt, R. T. (2025)
In: Damaschun, F. & Schmitt, R. T.: Uranentdeckung und Mineralanalysen – Die Sammlung Martin Heinrich Klaproth im Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Göttingen, 200–205 |
Notes / Further information
Samples collected by Karl Wilhelm Nose, described by Johann Jakob Nöggerath, originally designated as Spinellan, sample 2019_00064 described in detail by Nöggerath (1808), detailed list with complete listing of Spinellan samples from the Nose collection available in the archive material of the mineral collection. |
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