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Phurcalite

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Phurcalite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Eitzing Quarry, Oberfrauenwald, Waldkirchen, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Description

Yellow microcrystals of phurcalite all over the surface of the specimen.

Very rich

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phurcalite

Formula: 
Ca2(UO2)3(PO4)2O2·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.35
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany