- Art Gallery -

Vauquelinite

Vauquelinite is a complex mineral with the formula CuPb2CrO4PO4OH making it a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead. Discovered in 1818 in the Beryozovskoye deposit, Urals, Russia, it is named after Louis Vauquelin (1763-1829), a French chemist.

References

* Mindat
* Webmineral

Minerals Images

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License