Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Bassetite |
Formula: | Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O |
Formation: | Secondary |
Comments: | Inferred presence of Bassetite comes from the presence of a non-fluorescent, dun-coloured, earthy encrustation in direct contact with uraninite and weathered pyrite grains in the granite.
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Habit: | Somewhat earthy in appearance |
Colour: | dun-coloured |
Luminescent properties: | none |
Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Unconfirmed/Questioned |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Bassetite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Foggintor Quarry, Princetown, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, England, UK |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1106385 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1106385:6 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 19cf3ef4-f3a9-4577-8536-cb9584263041 |
Nearest other occurrences of Bassetite |
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66.5km (41.4 miles) | ⓘSouth Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK |
93.5km (58.1 miles) | ⓘWheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK |
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