Mineral Species
Fornacite
Type Locality
No
Composition
Pb2Cu(AsO4)(CrO4)(OH)
Crystal System
Monoclinic
Status at Tsumeb
Questionable
Entry Number
Species; TSNB134
General Notes
According to Mindat the occurrence of fornacite at Tsumeb is "believed valid" (http://www.mindat.org/locentry-62727.html; accessed February 2016). No description of the occurrence is provided other than to note an association with dioptase and plancheite and a "Mineralogical Record, in press" citation.
No confirmatory article has appeared in the Mineralogical Record and in the absence of confirming evidence. the occurrence of fornacite at Tsumeb is considered questionable.
Associated Minerals
dioptase (?); plancheite (?)