AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Gabon > Francevillite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 11497 |
Mineral: | Francevillite |
Locality: | Mounana Mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogoue, Gabon (Type Locality for Francevillite) |
Description: | Bright orange 4 mm rosettes of lustrous francevillite crystals coating one side of matrix with minor yellow mineral, likely curienite. Rare. See The Uranium-Vanadium Deposit of Mounana, Gabon in Mineralogical Record V.6-#5 Ex. Sorbonne, Reasenberg collection #2285 |
Overall Size: | 6x4.5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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