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Cheralite

Year of discovery: 1953 (Kuttakuzhi, India), 2017 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of cheralite

• CaTh(PO₄)₂
• [Ca²⁺][Th⁴⁺][(PO₄)₂]^6-

• Class: Monazite group
• Class: Phosphate

• Color: Grayish brown, Reddish brown, Yellowish brown
• Luster: Vitreous

• Hardness: 5
• Density: 5.0

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/n
• Lattice: a=6.7, b=6.9, c=6.4, β=103.6