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Khan Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia
© 2008 Peter Cristofono
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| Name: | The name is for the Norwegian geologist Prof. Baltazar Mathias Keilhau (1797-1858). First found by Weibye in 1841 and sent by him to A. Erdmann who analyzed and first described it. The same mineral was independently described as yttrotitanite by Scheerer (1844). | |||||||||||||||||||
Classification of Keilhauite | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Essential elements: | Ca, O, Si, Ti | |||||||||||||||||
| All elements listed in formula: | Al, Ca, Fe, O, Si, Ti, Y | |||||||||||||||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||||||||||||||
References for Keilhauite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reference List: - + | - Erdmann, A. (1844): Undersökning af et nytt, Ytterjords- och Titansyrehaltigt Mineral från Buö, i trakten af Arendal i Norrige. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 355-361 - Scheerer, T. (1844): Yttro-Titanit, eine neue mineralspecies. Annalen der Physik und Chemie (herausgegeben zu Berlin von J.C. Poggendorff), 63: 459-462 - Weibye, P. C. (1848): Beiträge zur topograpischen Mineralologie Norwegens. Archiv für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Bergbau und Hüttenkunde. 22: 465-544 | |||||||||||||||||
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