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Francevillite with Curienite

#60979

Francevillite with Curienite

#60979
Availability
Sold
Size
6.5 x 3.7 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O (RRUFF)
Locality
Mounana mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogooué, Gabon
Tagged
vanadium

Intense orange 1 to 1.5mm tabular crystals of Francevillite with bright yellow Curienite. The specimen was originally in the collection of the late Luis Leite, curator at Lisbon's Museu de Faculdade de Ciencias a prominent Portuguese mineral dealer. 

Radioactive!!

Francevillite

Formula
Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Adamantine - Pearly 
Color
brownish yellow, yellow, yellow green 
Streak
light yellow 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Special Info
Radioactive!!

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