phosphophyllite
Sign in to savePhosphophyllite 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.
Key facts
- 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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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.