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Phurcalite

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Phurcalite

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Description
Locality: 
Posey Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 0.6 cm
Description

Intense yellow phurcalite associated with brochantite on a flat sandstone matrix. 

Rich specimen. 

 

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