Forbesite
A material that is NOT an approved mineral species
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Colour:
Grayish white
Lustre:
Resinous, Silky, Dull
Name:
For David Forbes (1828–1876), British chemist, geologist, Mine Superintendent and mineral collector.
A Mixture Of:
Mixture of annabergite and arsenolite or, according to investigation of type specimen from Chanaral (Forbes, 1863), Co-bearing annabergite (Braithwaite, 1982). The specimen is described as "an interlacing network of pale greenish-grey 2 mm fibrous veinlets in a yellowish-grey clayey matrix".
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
27366
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:27366:6
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
02d8a1c8-85a9-47bd-837a-972cd21b20e3
Physical Properties of Forbesite
Resinous, Silky, Dull
Colour:
Grayish white
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Forbesite
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Localities for Forbesite
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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