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Chernovite-(Y)

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Chernovite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Cervandone Area, Devero Alp, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm
Description

Chernovite Y, a rare yttrium-arsenate, was named after Russian geologist A. Chernov (1877-1963)
This sample has several well-formed greenish brown chernovite Y crystals on matrix associated with lustrous red rutile crystals. Beautiful under magnification.

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What's on the rock

Chernovite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(AsO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Nyarta-Syu-Yu River, Tel'pos-Iz Mt, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Western-Siberian Region, Russia...
Cartils Minerals

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