Mineral name
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Reinerite
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Hölzel-No.
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5.JA.100 |
Type of specimen
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CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA 1958 |
Chemical formula
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Zn3(AsO3)2 |
Type locality
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Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
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Primary ores |
Collection
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Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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86/70, 86/71 / 89-3 |
Nature of
type specimen
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2 samples with bright green crystals up to 1.5 cm on primary ores |
References
Reinerit Zn3[AsO3]2, ein neues Mineral der Tsumeb Mine Südwestafrika.
Geier, B.H. and Weber, K. (1958)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 160-167 |
Notes / Further information
The material described above is only a part of the holotype of the original description; the large blue crystals described therein could not be found until now.
Collected by B. H. Geier, mineralogist at the Tsumeb mine. The mineral was named in honor of Willy Reiner, senior chemist of the Tsumeb Corp. Ltd. |
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