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Chernikovite

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Chernikovite

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Description
Locality: 
Lichtenberg Absetzer Dump, Ronneburg Uranium Deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Clusters of tiny light yellow tabular crystals of chernikovite on matrix associated with some gypsum. A very good and rare locality piece of this uranyl-phosphate from the Fritz Rüger collection.

Mineral Data
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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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