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Churchite-(Y)

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Churchite-(Y)

Charles Trantham Estate (1936-2020), Ex Otto Ray
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Description
Locality: 
Maffei Mine, Nitzlbuch, Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.7 × 2.1 cm
Description

White acicular crystals of churchite-(y) from the type locality.

From the estate of noted California collector and dealer Charles Trantham, with older label from Otto Ray dated 1962.

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

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