triphylite

{{Infobox mineral | name = | category = Phosphate minerals | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Triphylite-112567.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Triphylite crystal in matrix, collected from Smith Quarry (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, New Hampshire | formula = LiFePO4 | IMAsymbol = Trp | molweight = | strunz = 8.AB.10 | system = Orthorhombic | class = Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | symmetry = Pmnb | color = Green–blue gray, brown–black | habit = Massive, granular, prismatic | twinning = | cleavage = {100} perfect, {010} imperfect, {011} poor | fracture = Uneven–subconchoidal | mohs = 4–5 | luster = Vitreous–subresinous | polish = | refractive = nα=1.675–1.694, nβ=1.684–1.695, nγ=1.685–1.700 | opticalprop = Biaxial (+), 2V = 0°–65° | birefringence = δ = 0.0060–0.0080 | pleochroism = | fluorescence= | absorption = | streak = White–grayish white | gravity = | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Transparent–translucent | unit cell = a = 6.0285(6) Å, b = 10.3586(9) Å, c = 4.7031(3) Å, Z = 4 | other = | references =}}

Triphylite is a lithium iron(II) phosphate mineral with the chemical formula LiFePO4. It is a member of the triphylite group and forms a complete solid solution series with the lithium manganese(II) phosphate, lithiophilite. Triphylite crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. It rarely forms prismatic crystals and is more frequently found in hypidiomorphic rock. It is bluish- to greenish-gray in color, but upon alteration becomes brown to black.