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Name: Gerdtremmelite RRUFF ID: R100224 Ideal Chemistry: ZnAl2(AsO4)(OH)5 Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spherical aggregrates of tabular brown crystals with white pyrophyllite on scorodite. This is a portion of the type sample. Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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REFERENCES for Gerdtremmelite | |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Schmetzer K, Medenbach O (1985) Gerdtremmelite, (Zn,Fe)(Al,Fe)2[(AsO4)|(OH)5], a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1985, 1-6 |
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Hawthorne F C, Dunn P J, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 845-847 [view file] |
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