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Phurcalite

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Phurcalite

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Description
Locality: 
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Many of acicular crystals of phurcalite cover the sample. Noted for the instense yellow-lemos color contrast with a light blue layer of chrysocolla.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phurcalite

Formula: 
Ca2(UO2)3(PO4)2O2·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.35
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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