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Churchite-(Y)

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Churchite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Description

Tufts of white churchite crystals on a limonite matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Churchite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Maffei Mine (Nitzelbuch Mine), Nitzlbuch (Nitzelbuch), Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany