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Francevillite

Leon Hupperichs personal collection
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Description
Locality: 
Mounana Mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.2 × 2 cm
Description

An excellent sample of francevillite, a rare barium-lead-uranyl-vanadate from the Type Locality.

This outstanding specimen has a very rich coverage of green-yellow well-formed francevillite crystals on matrix. Very hard to find in this quality nowadays.
Ex Tom Loomis specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Francevillite

Formula: 
(Ba,Pb)(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
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