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Corkite from
Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Sub-municipality
Classification
Species:Corkite
Formula:PbFe33+(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Comments:Mainly associated with phosphosiderite.
Habit:very small crystals or spherules, thin globular and microcrystalline crusts
Colour:canary yellow to brown
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corkite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:92210
Long-form Identifier:1:3:92210:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Corkite
67.1km (41.7 miles) ⓘMechernicher Bleiberg, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘNeue Hoffnung Mine, Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘBertha shaft, Neue Hoffnung Mine, Bleialf, Prüm, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Jockin, Y. (en collaboration avec l'université de Liège) (2023) La minéralogie à Richelle. 304 pages.
Fransolet, A.-M., Jedwab, J., Van Tassel, R. (1974) Inventaire minéralogique de Richelle, Belgique. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 27, 23-26.
Fransolet, A.-M., Jedwab, J., Van Tassel, R. (1977) Minéraux secondaires plombifères (cérusite, anglésite, pyromorphite, corkite et wulfénite) de Richelle, Belgique. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique, 100, 1-7.
Van Tassel, R., Fransolet, A.-M., Abraham, K. (1979) Drugmanite, Pb2(Fe3+,Al) (PO4)2(OH) · H2O, a new mineral from Richelle, Belgium. Mineralogical Magazine, 43 (328) 463-467 doi:10.1180/minmag.1979.043.328.03
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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