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Chukhrovite-(Y) & Chukhrovite-(Ca)

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Chukhrovite-(Y) & Chukhrovite-(Ca)

SEM-EDS no 360

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

Colourless chukhrovite-(Y) & chukhrovite-(Ca) associated with transparent yellow joliotite from the Uranus mine, Saxony, Germany. 

EDS confirmed no 360. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chukhrovite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca3(Y,Ce)[F|SO4|(AlF6)2]·10H2O
Strunz: 
3.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Chukhrovite-(Ca)

Formula: 
Ca4.5Al2(SO4)F13·12H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Val Cavallizza mine, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy