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Fornacite: Pb2Cu(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)
Comments: Emerald green platy crystals to 0.75mm on a pink to white, siliceous matrix. Location: Lone Star mine, Copperopolis, Yavapai County, Arizona. Scale: Picture size 1.4 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Comments: Dark, prismatic crystals of fornacite on matrix. Location: El Khun mine, Anarak, Iran. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Forsterite: Mg2SiO4 Olivine: (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Comments: Peridot (Forsterite) recrystallized at the base. Location: Skardu, Nooristan, Pakistan. Scale: 2.5 x 2.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Foshagite: Ca4Si3O9(OH)2
Comments: Tan to gray fibrous to columnar aggregate of foshagite. Location: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Foshallasite: Ca3Si2O7·3(H2O)
Comments: Pearly translucent white somewhat fibrous aggregate of foshallasite. Location: Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fourmarierite: Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4·4(H2O)
Comments: Thick tabular orange crystals of fourmarierite. Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Fraipontite: (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Zinalsite: Zn2AlSi2O5(OH)4·2(H2O) (?) Smithsonite: ZnCO3
Comments: Pearly white, sub-mm fraipontite (zinalsite) crystals associated with green smithsonite. Location: Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Specimen Size 1.4 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm. © Rob Lavinsky
Fraipontite: (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Zaccagnaite: Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3(H2O)
Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of hexagonal, tapering, prismatic zaccagnaite crystals, covered by a thin crust of fraipontite. (AmMin 86:1294). Location: Marble quarries of the Carrara basin (Apuan Alps, Italy). Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Francevillite: (Ba,Pb)(UO2)2V2O8·5(H2O)
Comments: Specimen of orange francevillite with minor yellow curienite. Location: Mouana Mine, Gabon. Scale: Crystal size 4 mm. © John Veevaert
Francevillite: (Ba,Pb)(UO2)2V2O8·5(H2O) Mounanaite: PbFe+++2(VO4)2(OH)2
Comments: Stout, yellow, transparent, prismatic, striated crystals of francevillite on brownish red mounanaite matrix. Location: Mounana mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogooué, Gabon. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm. © Paul M. Schumacher
Francevillite: (Ba,Pb)(UO2)2V2O8·5(H2O) Curienite: Pb(UO2)2V2O8·5(H2O)
Comments: Intense yellow curienite and orange francevillite. Location: Mouonana, Haut-Ogoue, Gabon. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals