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Chernikovite

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Chernikovite

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Locality: 
Rockelmann Quarry, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

That's a piece of granite. On the surface are yellow crystals of the very rare mineral Chernikovite. The label is a copy. The find dates back to 1906.The site was the Rackelmann quarry near Schwarzenberg.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chernikovite

Formula: 
(H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Karakat U Deposit, Karamazar Mts, Adrasman, Viloyati Sogd (Viloyati Sughd; Viloyati Khodzhent; Viloyati Leninabad), Tajikistan

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