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Chernikovite

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Chernikovite

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm
Description

Pale yellow chernikovite psm after uraninite on columbite-Fe on feldspar matrix. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chernikovite

Formula: 
(H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Karakat U Deposit, Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Viloyati Sogd (Viloyati Sughd; Viloyati Khodzhent; Viloyati Leninabad), Tajikistan