merrillite
Sign in to saveMerrillite is a calcium phosphate mineral with the chemical formula Ca9NaMg(PO4)7. It is an anhydrous, sodium-rich member of the merrillite group of minerals.
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It is catalogued under topics including Meteorite minerals and Phosphate minerals.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George P. Merrill
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.AC.45
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.AC.45
- crystal system
- trigonal crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Mer
- chemical formula
- Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇
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Merrillite is a calcium phosphate mineral with the chemical formula Ca9NaMg(PO4)7. It is an anhydrous, sodium-rich member of the merrillite group of minerals.
==Mineral species, sub-group and group== Merrillite is a distinct mineral species but it also gives its name to a set of similar minerals, which together form the merrillite sub-group of minerals. The merrillite sub-group and the whitlockite sub-group together form the merrillite group of minerals. Merrillite Group Merrillite Sub-group Ferromerrillite Keplerite Matyhite Merrillite Whitlockite Sub-group Hedegaardite Strontiowhitlockite Whitlockite Wopmayite
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