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Chernovite-(Y) & Quartz

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Chernovite-(Y) & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Wanni Glacier, Monte Cervandone, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

some rounded yellow chernovite-Y crystals on gneiss with quartz

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chernovite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(AsO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Nyarta-Syu-Yu River, Tel'pos-Iz Mt, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Western-Siberian Region, Russia...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White