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Phurcalite

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Phurcalite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Posey Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 10 × 1.7 cm
Description

Sandstone matrix with one face showing a nice coverage of bright yellow phurcalite micro crystals. Under both long and short wave UV light the phurcalite crystals show a bright green colour. The fluorescent photo was taken under an 18W LW Lamp.

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

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