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Churchite-(Y)

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Churchite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm
Description

Churchite-(Y) is a rare REE yttrium phosphate and is isostructural with gypsum. It is rare from the well-known zinc deposit of the Skorpion Mine in Namibia. And a specimen in this dimension and such well formed and aesthetic is really out-standing and of high relevance for the mineral and the locality!

Mineral Data
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Churchite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Maffei Mine (Nitzelbuch Mine), Nitzlbuch (Nitzelbuch), Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany