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Sample n° 13388

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
PHURCALITE	Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2•7H2O	phosphates	-	major
HEMATITE	Fe2O3	oxides and hydroxides	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with bundles of yellow phurcalite crystals, black hematite plates

Information: holotype of phurcalite (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1978. La phurcalite, Ca2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)4.4H2O, nouveau minéral. Bulletin de Minéralogie 101, 356-358. // Piret, P. & Declercq, J.P., 1978. Phurcalite. Acta Crystallographica B34, 1677-1679.

Origin

• Country: Germany
• Region: Sachsen
• Locality: Vogtland, Bergen, Mechelsgrun

Specification

• Donors: Ecole des Mines de Paris Sainfeld
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• Quantity: 1
  Size: 5 x 4 cm

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
  Quality code 1>2>3: 1
• Holotype: yes
  Paratype: no
  Radioactive: yes
• Thin section: no
  Chemical analysis: yes
  X-Ray spectra: no

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