vantasselite
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Vantasselite is a rare aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 •9H2O. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and has a white color, a hardness of 2 to 2.5, a white streak and a pearly luster.
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It is catalogued under topics including Aluminium minerals, Orthorhombic minerals and Phosphate minerals.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- phosphate mineral
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.DC.37
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.DC.37
- Commons category
- Vantasselite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Vts
- chemical formula
- Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O
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Vantasselite is a rare aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 •9H2O. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and has a white color, a hardness of 2 to 2.5, a white streak and a pearly luster.
It occurs in a quartzite quarry north of Bihain, Belgium It was first described in 1987 and named after Belgian mineralogist René Van Tassel.
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