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Churchite-(Y)

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Churchite-(Y)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

White sprays and needles of the rare phosphate mineral Churchite-Y (Weinschenkite) on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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