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Ferrimolybdite from
Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Ferrimolybdite
Formula:Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Comments:"Van Tassel (1983) describes a mineral growing as tufts of yellow acicular crystals of up to 250µm, associated with molybdenite from Cahay (Vielsalm). This could be ferrimolybdite. It has been identified, with certain reservations, by XRD and qualitative chemical analysis." (Hatert et al., 2002)
Habit:tufts of acicular crystals up to 250µm
Colour:yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ferrimolybdite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:891865
Long-form Identifier:1:3:891865:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ferrimolybdite
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘHerzogenhügel, Ternell, Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Van Tassel, R. (1983) Ferrimolybdite et molybdénite, Cahay. Bulletin de la Société belge de Géologie, 92, 62.
Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique (2nd ed.) Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles.
 
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