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Churchite-(Y)

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Churchite-(Y)

Ex R Coulsell # 3853 & J Leach #4410 Collections

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Description
Locality: 
Maffei Mine, Nitzlbuch, Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A fine specimen of the uncommon yttrium phosphate churchite Y, with the churchite having formed white acicular crystals on a contrasting dark brown matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Earthstones Australia

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