fleischerite
Sign in to saveFleischerite is a white to light-reddish pink sulfate mineral. It is named after Michael Fleischer, a co-founder of the International Mineralogical Association. Fleischerite was first recognized as a mineral in 1960. Fleischerite is the namesake of its own mineral group, which also includes schaurteite, despujolsite, mallestigite, and genplesite. It is often confused with dundasite.
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Fsh
- chemical formula
- Pb₃Ge(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.DF.25
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.DF.25
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/D.06
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Fleischerite is a white to light-reddish pink sulfate mineral. It is named after Michael Fleischer, a co-founder of the International Mineralogical Association. Fleischerite was first recognized as a mineral in 1960. Fleischerite is the namesake of its own mineral group, which also includes schaurteite, despujolsite, mallestigite, and genplesite. It is often confused with dundasite.
== Occurrence == Fleischerite is found only in Tsumeb (Ongopolo) Mine, Namibia. It forms in oxidized portions of a dolostone-hosted hydrothermal germanium-bearing polymetallic ore deposits. The oldest samples are estimated to be 541 million years old.