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Rigaku Ultima IV - Bragg Brentano Diffractometer installation completed!
The installation of the Rigaku Ultima IV was recently completed. It is an instrument with 48x sample changer roboter and 0D scintillation detector working with CuKa radiation.
Mineralanalytik under attack!
We have been under attack for 2 years now. - mumps virus including bilateral orchitis (2x vaccinated) laboratory origin of the virus? - infection (2014)resulting in biofilm formation of the nasal cavities. Pseudomonas Putida - detected by MALDI-TOF - remains incurable for the moment. - XRD program deleted via remote - Raman Laser unaligned and change of the offset value - configuration of the inspection microscope deleted (MTB tools) - several routers and security cameras were turned off or manipulated - a criminal network of persons promoting the success of selected persons and sabotaging others has already resulted in person and in physical damage Material, that got lost/missing during the last years (will be updated): - Nissonite - Boss mine, NV, USA ~10 A4 flats - Pt minerals (unpolished samples) from South Africa ~ 5-10 flats - Rouaite specimens boxed 3x4 and 5x8cm with xls - Markey (Theresmagnanite, Feynmanite), BL material - North Star material including a good find of utahite and pararaisaite - some Lengenbach material that was EPMA analysed (ex H. Geuer) - Heisenbergite, Menzenschwand - material from the Pacajake mine, Bolivia (selenides) - Lauraniite, Laurani mine, Bolivia - Zairite (Bolivia), Markcooperite and good khinite (Bird Nest Drift) - Gallobeudantite, Tsumeb - perhamite/iangreyite flat, Silver Coin mine, NV, USA - pucherite samples from the Pucher shaft, Germany if you should encounter this material and think this could be ex Mineralanalytik material, please do not hesitate to contact us. My collection and mineral stock will never be sold to any private person as I will gift it to my friend S. Koch in case if there should be a serious health issue on my side. Happy new year to everyone and #StandwithUkraine!
Mineralanalytik - now on https/SSL!
Mineralanalytik update. Due to spam via our server we decided to remove some functions of the Website. ***Update2*** Mineralanalytik is now on https with SSL. This should give mobile end users now the opportunity to visit Mineralanalytik with browsers that were restricted to https. ***Update1*** Some images have been resized to increase the loading speed of the website
Zincostottite IMA approved! Finally the Zn analogue of stottite was IMA approved. The work was challenging: EPMA results showed clear Zn dominanc but basic refinement of the Zn position was giving a Fe close to Zn. A more sophisticated refinement (QCCP) of the position proved helpful and gave finally the corresponding refinement results in accordance with the microprobe results. Thanks to Dr. A. Kampf for his great work!
Installation of the Bruker D8 high resolution diffractometer completed. Many thanks for the donations that have been so far made via https://gofund.me/02cd7a5d This is an improvement since we have used a benchtop diffractometer with limited 2Theta resolution @600W. With the Bruker D8 we will be able to do better Rietveld refinement and can run multiple samples over the night.
Slottaite - The Phosphate Analogue of Oberwolfachite approved!
Very happy to see the phosphate analogue of Oberwolfachite: Slottaite! Carsten initially sent a specimen in 04/2022 to us that was identified as the phosphate analogue. When it was identified as a new mineral Carsten handed the specimen over to the Czech Institute for Physics and Jakub Plášil and other researchers started working on it as a new mineral. Congratulations to Carsten Slotta for his new Clara mineral! https://www.mindat.org/min-471392.html
Welcome on board, Stefan Koch!
We are happy to welcome Stefan Koch - M.Sc. (diploma) geo sciences soon at Mineralanalytik. He will be a great enrichment with his expertise in analytical expertise and networking capabilities. During his previous employments at the laboratory of DSEF and his diploma in geo sciences he acquired knowledge in the fields: Raman spectroscopy, EPMA WDS, XRF analysis and FT-IR, VIS spectroscopy.
Karlseifertite - IMA approved
A new mineral of the alunite group with Ga found in the germanite bearing ore (ex Joachim Seifert, ex Karl Seifert). Armin Schöler (eshop minerals) and Mineralanalytik were lucky to buy the collection of Karl Seifert, mining engineer at the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. The mineral honours Karl Seifert who was a successful mining engineer in Namibia and Germany and passionate mineral collector. We are happy that a new mineral among the other unique Ga,Ge bearing minerals from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia was approved.
Pabellondepicaite approved!
Pabellondepicaite approved! Related to bojarite, chanabayaite, and triazolite, all of which contain the 1,2,4-triazole ring. It appears to be the first triazolate-nitrate and the second ammine-nitrate mineral (after shilovite) (pending confirmation)
Désorite - IMA approved and published!
"The name désorite honours Joy Désor (b. 1990), for his tireless analytical work on mineral unknowns, which has led to the discovery and description of the new minerals ammoniotinsleyite, bojarite, oberwolfachite, oldsite, theuerdankite and hanauerite. Joy did the initial work that suggested that the new mineral described herein could be new. At Joy’s suggestion, the name désorite also honours his noteworthy ancestor Pierre Jean Édouard Désor (1811–1882), a Swiss geologist and professor at Neuchâtel Academy the University of Neuchâtel). He was a colleague of Louis Agassiz, among others. His studies on paleontology and glacial phenomena in Europe and North America are of particular note. He was a collaborator on the geological survey of the Lake Superior mineral district in the USA. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Jean_%C3%89douard_Desor) (accessed on 2 February 2024)." [1] [1] Kampf, A.R.; Möhn, G.; Ma, C. Désorite, Pb2(Fe3+6Zn)O2(PO4)4(OH)8, a New Phosphate Mineral Isotypic with Jamesite. Minerals 2024, 14, 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14020175
Our new home! - Relocation of Mineralanalytik scientific research institute
We are moving our lab, previously located at our home address, to a new location with a signifcant better working environment.
Very interesting new find from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia: Abellaite as tiny colourless hexagonal platelets up to 40um diameter on germanite-chalcocite matrix. Other minerals associated are thenardite and tsumgallite. Armin Schöler eshop minerals & Joy Desor Mineralanalytik / Mineral Identification Service specimen. SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed.
Naalasite - IMA Approved!
Naalaasite, the Al analogue of Nafeasite, has been recently IMA approved. We are happy that this is another success story of good collaboration with mineral specialist Gerhard Möhn and crystallographer Dr. Anthony Kampf (NHM, Los Angeles, CA). The mineral forms almost colourless crystals with triangular crystal faces. The Torrecillas mine/Chile, known for many unusual arsenates/hydrogren-arsenates, is type locality. Kampf, A.R., Möhn, G., Ma, C. and Désor, J. (2023) Naalasite, IMA 2023-027. CNMNC Newsletter 74; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.54
Crowdfunding - Relocation of Mineralanalytik scientific research institute
For the relocation of our company, that has contributed to Mineralogy and Crystallography by the description of numerous new minerals in the past, we appreciate any donation that helps us to build up the new lab. http://mineralanalytik.de/en/references-publications The most recent new minerals identified at Mineralanalytik, that have been IMA approved recently, are gysinite-(Ce) and theuerdankite. We would like to continue our work and do even better with more knowledge and better working environment. We have set up a donation campaign on gofund .me The donations will help us to reinstall our diffractometers, electron microscopes, EPMA, Raman spectrometers and other lab equipment that is needed for realization of this mineralogical institute at its new location, as well as for workshops that help to improve our knowledge of single crystal diffraction and Rietveld refinement. Any donation is welcome! https://gofund.me/c9e79407 Image by storyset on Freepik
Theuerdankite & Gysinite-Ce - IMA approved
Recently the silver arsenat mineral theuerdankite has been IMA approved (Copyright M. Groß, Lengede) It occurs in dark mm-sized crystals with native silver and iodargyrite and was found at the Theuerdank mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany. Gysinite-Ce, another sample provided by M. Groß from the Theuerdank mine, was IMA approved as well. It occurs as tiny sub-mm sized crystals of orange colour. Thanks for the contribution, M. Groß!
EDS Mapping: Enhanced Data Illustration
In a project with physicist M. Noller we achieve significant image improvement of images from EDS mapping. Click on "read more" to see RAW vs. Processed enhancement.
Katerinopoulosite
This find will be part of a documentary about the tourist mine Silberhardt mine, Windeck, Germany in german television soon.
A new find from the 1997 re-opened Silberhardt mine for tourists near Windeck, Germany: Pale Katerinopoulosite intergrown with greenish-blue ktenasite. The material has been SEM-EDS, Raman and microdiffraction confirmed. Material was provided by the german collector S. Hupfer. Thanks for the contribution!
Nitrogen peak is located between C and O Peak, but was not quantified.
Joomla 4.x and PHP 8.1 Update
We had several issues with our website when our webhoster updated PHP to 8.1.
We decided to update our CMS system because end of support is near. We ran into some incompatibility issues and some functions are not working yet: If you used our webshop before, you need to register as a new customer. German site is in better condition, but we will fix the english version soon.
Keyence VHX-7000 - 4K Light Microscope
The Keyence VHX-7000 is a real workhorse and offers high image quality at an enormous working speed: The device is a milestone in the development of Keyence's digital microscope series.
Oldsite - Published!
Discovered during research at Mineralanalytik Scientific lab, handed over for description to J. Plášil, named after Dr. Travis Olds (Carnegie Museum, PA, USA).
The research team that discovered and described Oldsite includes Dr. Jakub Plášil from the Czech Republic’s Institute of Physics ASCR, Dr. Anthony R. Kampf of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Dr. Chi Ma of California Institute of Technology, and German mineralogist Joy Desor.
source:https://carnegiemnh.org/press/mineral-oldsite-named-for-carnegie-museum-of-natural-history-scientist/
Plášil, J., Kampf, A., Ma, C., & Desor, J. (2022). Oldsite, K2Fe2 [(UO2)(SO4)2]2(H2O)8, a new uranyl sulfate mineral from Utah, USA: Its description and implications for the formation and occurrences of uranyl sulfate minerals. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-9. doi:10.1180/mgm.2022.106