Mineral name
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Tsumgallite
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Width of sample: 17 mm |
Hölzel-No.
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4.FC.210 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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011-2002 / 2002 |
Chemical formula
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GaO(OH) |
Type locality
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Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine |
Associated minerals
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Germanite, söhngenite, siderite (Zn-rich) in germanit-tennantite ore |
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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MMHH TS 509 / Tresor des Museums |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimen |
References
Tsumgallite, GaO(OH), a new mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Schlüter, J., Klaska, K.-H., Adiwidjaja, G., Gebhard, G. (2003)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 11, 521-527 |
Notes / Further information
Tsumgallite was discovered in ore samples of the 1960ies from the Tsumeb mine. The material was collected by the then chief geologist Bruno Hermann Geier (8.2.1902 - 30.11.1987) and was made available for examinations by his son Ulf Geier in 2001. |
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