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Churchite-(Y) & Phosphuranylite

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Churchite-(Y) & Phosphuranylite

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Description
Locality: 
Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Churchite Y on limonitic matrix accompanied by phosphuranylite. 

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

Phosphuranylite

Formula: 
(H3O)3KCa(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Buchanan Mine, Waterhole Mine, (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA