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Blatonite & Chukhrovite-(Y)

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Blatonite & Chukhrovite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

Acicular translucent blatonite on chukhrovite-(Y) from the Uranus mine, Saxony, Germany. 

XRD & SEM-EDS confirmed material. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Blatonite

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3·H2O
Strunz: 
5.EB.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Chukhrovite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca3(Y,Ce)[F|SO4|(AlF6)2]·10H2O
Strunz: 
3.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
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