Fornacite

TSNB134
Mineral

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 (?)