Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Fourmarierite

Views:
Watches:
JYJ64410

Fourmarierite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Fourmarierite and Ianthinite on dark fluorite called "Stinkspat". No crystals, but still interesting.

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)