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Chernovite-(Y)

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Chernovite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Sailauf, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Tabular yellow to colourless chernovite-y crystals on calcite. This piece has been soured.

Mineral Data
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...