fourmarierite
Sign in to saveFourmarierite is a secondary uranium-lead mineral. It was named for the Belgian geologist Paul Fourmarier (1877–1970). Its chemical formula is .
Key facts
- Mineral.mohs
- 3 - 4
- Mineral.luster
- Adamantine
- Mineral.name
- Fourmarierite
- Mineral.image
- Fourmarierite-Becquerelite-Uraninite-201068.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.category
- Oxide minerals
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Fmr
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.GB.25
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Pyramidal (mm2) H-M Symbol: (mm2)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Bb21m
- Mineral.color
- Red, golden-red, brown
- Mineral.cleavage
- On {001}, perfect
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Transparent
- Mineral.density
- 6.046 g/cm3
- Mineral.other
- 25px Radioactive
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Fourmarierite is a secondary uranium-lead mineral. It was named for the Belgian geologist Paul Fourmarier (1877–1970). Its chemical formula is .
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