Parsonite

parsonite

torbernite

kasolite

dewindtite

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Formula: Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2
Normal phosphate, forms a series with hallimondite
Specific gravity: 5.37
Hardness: 2½ to 3
Streak: White
Colour: Pale citron yellow
Solubility: Soluble in acids
Strongly RADIOACTIVE
Environments

Sedimentary environments
Hydrothermal environments

Parsonite occurs as a secondary mineral in the oxidised zone of some hydrothermal uranium deposits (HOM).

Localities

At Lachaux, Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, parsonite occurs with pyromorphite, torbernite and autunite (HOM).

At Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, parsonite occurs with uranocircite (Dana).

In the Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA, parsonite occurs as crusts on quartz (Dana).

At the Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton county, New Hampshire, USA, parsonite occurs with autunite and phosphuranylite (Dana).

At the type locality, the Shinkolobwe mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo, parsonite occurs with torbernite, kasolite and dewindtite (Dana).

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