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Fourmarierite

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Fourmarierite

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Description
Locality: 
Wölsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Orange fourmarierite, uranophane in purplish black fluorite. Old time material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fourmarierite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)