Mineral name
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Santarosaite
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Santarosaite (MD212; blue) with atacamite (green) and anhydrite (white). Width of the sample: 3 cm; Photo by K.-C. Lyncker, Hamburg. |
Hölzel-No.
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6.BC.130 |
Type of specimen
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CT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2007-013 / 2007 |
Chemical formula
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CuB2O4 |
Type locality
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Chile, Iquique, Santa Rosa Mine |
Associated minerals
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Atacamite, azurite, malachite, wulfenite, anhydrite |
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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MD 212/ Tresor des Museums |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimens |
References
Santarosaite, CuB2O4, a new mineral with disordered structure from the Santa Rosa mine, Atacama desert, Chile.
Schlüter, J., Pohl, D. und Golla-Schindler, U. (2008)
N. Jb. Mineralogie Mh.,185/2, 27-32 |
Notes / Further information
Discovered by Arturo Molina, Iquique, Chile in 2003. Holotype, sample MD 87, largely used up for the examinations. |
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