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Estruvita

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Also known as NH4MgPO4·6H2O

estruvita

Key facts

Mineral.gravity
1.7
Mineral.name
Struvite
Mineral.category
Phosphate mineral
Mineral.image
Struvite crystals dog with scale 1.JPG
Mineral.caption
Crystals of struvite from dog urine
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Suv
Mineral.strunz
8.CH.40
Mineral.system
Orthorhombic
Mineral.class
Pyramidal (mm2) H-M symbol: (mm2)
Mineral.symmetry
Pmn21
Mineral.color
Colorless, white (dehydrated), yellow or brownish, light gray
Mineral.habit
Euhedral to platy
Mineral.twinning
On {001}
Mineral.cleavage
{100} perfect
Mineral.fracture
Uneven
Mineral.mohs
1.5–2
Mineral.luster
Vitreous to dull
Mineral.refractive
nα = 1.495 nβ = 1.496 nγ = 1.504

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Chemical data

Formula
H16MgNO10P
Molecular weight
245.41 g/mol
IUPAC name
magnesium;azane;hydrogen phosphate;hexahydrate
SMILES
N.O.O.O.O.O.O.OP(=O)([O-])[O-].[Mg+2]
InChIKey
CKMXBZGNNVIXHC-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Polar surface area
90.4 Ų
H-bond donors
8
H-bond acceptors
11
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
245.036
Image
Struvit Guelleaufbereitung.jpg
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Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VII/C.13
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
8.CH.40
Commons category
Struvite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
8.CH.40
chemical formula
H₁₆MgNO₁₀P
canonical SMILES
N.O.O.O.O.O.O.OP(=O)([O-])[O-].[Mg+2]
streak color
white
IMA Mineral Symbol
Suv
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Article · Español

La struvita o estruvita es un mineral de la clase de los minerales fosfatos, y dentro de esta pertenece al llamado “grupo de la estruvita”. Fue descubierta en 1846 al reconstruir la iglesia de San Nicolás, en Hamburgo (Alemania),​ siendo nombrada así en honor de , diplomático ruso en Alemania. Sinónimos poco usados son: guanita o struveíta.

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