| Locality type: | Occurrence |
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| Species: | Calumetite |
| Formula: | CaCu4(OH)8Cl2 · 3.5H2O |
| Comments: | The type specimen was collected in 1993 in the northern part of the Caspar quarry. |
| Habit: | tabular |
| Colour: | sky-blue |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calumetite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1014435 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1014435:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
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SchlÞter, Jochen, Malcherek, Thomas, Pohl, Dieter, SchÃĪfer, Christof (2018) Vondechenite, a new hydrous calcium copper chloride hydroxide, from the Bellerberg, East-Eifel volcanic area, Germany. Neues Jahrbuch fÞr Mineralogie - Abhandlungen Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 195 (1) 79-86 doi:10.1127/njma/2018/0082 |
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Xenolith CS-036, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany