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Chukhrovite-(Y)

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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: 
2.4 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Colourless chukhrovite-(Y) associated with gypsum from the Uranus mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Saxony, Germany. 

 

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
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