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Chukhrovite-(Y)

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Chukhrovite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Colourless chukhrovite-Y from the Uranus mine, Saxony, Germany. 
Rare mineral. SEM-EDS confirmed.

 

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chukhrovite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca3(Y,Ce)[F|SO4|(AlF6)2]·10H2O
Strunz: 
3.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
white
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