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Parsonsite

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Description
Locality: 
Geister Vein, Rovnost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Yellow parsonsite from the Geister vein, Jáchymov, CZ on matrix. Associated with churchite-Y, schultenite, zeunerite, bismutoferrite and beaverite-Cu. 

SEM-EDS no MA1536

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Parsonsite

Formula: 
Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.EA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)