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Fourmarierite from
Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Comments:Small grains in uraninite with schoepite & becquerelite.
Colour:Reddish
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 226; Witkind, I.J. & R.E. Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo Cos., AZ: 115; Frondel, C. (1958), Systematic mineralogy of uranium and thorium, USGS Bull. 1064: 91; Frondel, C. (1956), Mineral composition of gummite, Am.Min.: 41: 539-568; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 35.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Becquerelite
Schoepite
Uraninite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fourmarierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache Co., Arizona, USA
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