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Fourmarierite

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Description
Locality: 
Christa Mine, Großschloppen, Kirchenlamitz, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

Large orange-red fourmarierite associated with uranophane on matrix. Material has been analysed and has the ID no 19-08-23-I-8. 

 

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)