Gottlobite
- Literally translated from German the meaning is “Thank God”; it is named after its type locality, the hill Gottlob (573 m) near Friedrichroda, Thuringia, Germany
- Known only since 1996
- Formula: CaMg(VO4,AsO4)(OH)
- Space group: P212121 (No. 19)
- Crystal system: orthorhombic
- Crystal class: 222
- Lattice parameters: a = 7.501 Å, b = 9.010 Å, c = 5.941 Å, α = β = γ = 90°
Picture: CC BY-SA 3.0 de – T – http://tw.strahlen.org/typloc/gottlobit.html
Crystal structure (click on the picture to download the VESTA file):
View along the c axis.
- MgO6 octahedra (orange)
- AsO4/VO4 tetrahedra (purple)
- Ca (blue)
- Oxygen (red)
For a 3D interactive version, see here:
The Fascination of Crystals and Symmetry 
I’m sorry to be persnickety (again), but shouldn’t “Gottlob” be translated as “Praise God”, rather than “Thank God”?
At least the mineral isn’t named after the notorious football commentator Gerd Gottlob. 🙂
This is funny! I asked myself, whether “Praise God” or “Thank God” would be the best translation. I think, it depends on the word class. Of course, Gottlob is a name of that hill and a noun, but you can also take it as “gottlob ist dort ein Berg, um Gott lobzupreisen”. And because the “preisen”, i.e. praise in English, is missing, I interpreted it as an adverbial expression. 🙂
Indeed – I did not think of the use of the adverb “Gottlob” as an old-fashioned version of “Thank God”. Gottlob you’ve clarified that! 😉