Mineral name
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Rhodizite
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Sample 1999-0082, rhodizite (white) on tourmaline, picture 2 x 1 cm, with original label of M. H. Klaproth (top) and G. Rose (bottom) |
Hölzel-No.
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6.GA.400 |
Type of specimen
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vermutl. T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA |
Chemical formula
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(K,Cs)Al4Be4[O4/B11BeO24] |
Type locality
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Russia, Ural, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Rezh Distrikt, Schaitansk |
Associated minerals
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Tourmaline (sample 1999-0082) |
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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Proben 1997-4993, 1999-0082 und 1999-2275 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen (sample 1999-0082) resp. single crystals (samples 1997-4993 and 1999-2275) |
References
XXVI. Über den Rhodizit, eine neue Mineralgattung
Rose, G. (1834)
Poggendorffs Annalen der Physik und Chemie, XXXXIII, 253-256
VI. Fernere Bemerkungen über den Rhodizit.
Rose, G. (1836)
Poggendorfs Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 115, 321-323 |
Notes / Further information
The sample 1999-0082 comes from the collection of M. H. Klaproth, which was acquired in 1817.Klaproth named the mm-sized white crystals topaz, but later on G. Rose discovered these crystals to be a new mineral, which he called „Rhodizite”.The new label of Rose quotes Sarapulsk as the type locality, in contrary to the information on the original label of Klaproth.Very probably this is a translation error and all type specimen should come from Schaitansk. |
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