Chemistry:Lithiophosphate
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Short description: Phosphate mineral
| Lithiophosphate | |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Category | Phosphate minerals |
| Formula (repeating unit) | Li3PO4 |
| Strunz classification | 8.AA.20 |
| Crystal system | Orthorhombic |
| Crystal class | Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| Space group | Pcmn |
| Identification | |
| Color | white, light pink, colorless |
| Cleavage | perfect |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Mohs scale hardness | 4 |
| |re|er}} | vitreous, sub-vitreous |
| Streak | white |
| Diaphaneity | transparent, translucent |
| References | [1][2][3] |
Lithiophosphate is a natural form of (pure) lithium orthophosphate. It is an exceedingly rare mineral, occurring in some special types of pegmatites.
See also
- Lithium phosphate
References
- ↑ Mineralienatlas
- ↑ Mindat
- ↑ Webmineral data
- ↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W.
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