Churchite

Churchite and variscite

Origin: Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Leoni mine, Auerbach, Bavaria, Germany

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Grayish-white aggregates of churchite-(Y), small pale yellow tabular crystal of trögerite, and small yellow acicular crystal of an unknown Bi-U phosphate. Analyzed sample. From the material found in 1872.

Origin: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Picture size: 1.2 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

White acicular crystal of churchite-(Y)

Origin: Field near the Hochstraße, Rengersdorf, Görlitz, Oberlausitz, Saxony, Germany

Picture size: 1 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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Origin: Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm (top), 3 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Kelly Bank mine, near Vesuvius, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, United States

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 4 cm

 

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