phosphophyllite

Also known as hydrated zinc iron phosphate

Phosphophyllite is a rare phosphate mineral with the chemical formula . It is prized among mineral collectors for its delicate bluish green colour, but rarely cut due to its difficult properties.

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Mineral.name: Phosphophyllite
Mineral.category: Phosphate minerals
Mineral.boxbgcolor: 00ceac
Mineral.boxtextcolor: fff
Mineral.image: Phosphophyllite-359315.jpg
Mineral.IMAsymbol: Pp
Mineral.molweight: 448.40 g/mol
Mineral.strunz: 8.CA.40
Mineral.system: Monoclinic
Mineral.class: Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry: P21/c
Mineral.color: Blue-green to colourless
Mineral.habit: Prismatic
Mineral.twinning: Common
Mineral.cleavage: [100] Perfect, [010] Distinct, [102] Distinct
Mineral.fracture: Conchoidal
Mineral.mohs: 3.5
Mineral.luster: Vitreous

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Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 8.CA.40
Commons category: Phosphophyllite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 8.CA.40
Mohs' hardness: 3.0
density: 3.1
IMA Mineral Symbol: Pp
chemical formula: Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): VII/C.06

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Phosphophyllite is a rare phosphate mineral with the chemical formula . It is prized among mineral collectors for its delicate bluish green colour, but rarely cut due to its difficult properties.

==Geology== Phosphophyllite was first described in 1920 by Heinrich Laubmann and Hermann Steinmetz. The name derives , and phosphate.