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Chernikovite

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Chernikovite

David Burgess Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Nový Fojtov, Nejdek, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a few yellow, tabular crystals of extremely rare chernikovite intergrown with meta-autunite from this obscure locality. According to the label, this is the only confirmed sample from this mine. Verified by EDAX. David Burgess collection from Josef Vajdak. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chernikovite

Formula: 
(H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Karakat U Deposit, Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Viloyati Sogd (Viloyati Sughd; Viloyati Khodzhent; Viloyati Leninabad), Tajikistan

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