Mineral name
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Sapphirine
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Size: 3 x 3 x 1,5 cm with label of J. F. Blumenbach (1752-1840) |
Hölzel-No.
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9.DK.200 |
Type of specimen
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T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA / 1819 |
Chemical formula
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(Mg,Al)8(Al,Si)6O20 |
Type locality
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Greenland, Greenland, Fiskenaes |
Associated minerals
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Anthophyllite |
Collection
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Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum - Georg August Universität Göttingen |
Contact person
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Dr. Alexander Gehler |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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GZG.MIN.8.5.119.1 / UG023-025-Typusschränke Minerale |
Nature of
type specimen
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Micromount |
References
[ohne Titel]
Stromeyer, F. (1819)
Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen, 3, 1993-2000
The crystal structure of sapphirine.
Moore, P. B. (1969)
American Mineralogist, 54, 31-49 |
Notes / Further information
Donation from Karl Ludwig Giesecke (1761-1833) to Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) in 1818. Received with the purchase of the collection of Blumenbach in 1841; Blumenbach was Professor of Natural History at the University Göttingen from 1778 until 1840 and first curator at the Royal Academic Museum.
Named for its blue colour. |
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