wagnerite
Sign in to saveWagnerite is a mineral, a combined phosphate and fluoride of iron and magnesium, with the formula . It occurs in pegmatite associated with other phosphate minerals. It is named after Franz Michael von Wagner (1768–1851), a German mining official in Munich.
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It is catalogued under topics including Fluorine minerals, Iron(II) minerals and Magnesium minerals.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Wagnerite
- Mineral.category
- Phosphate mineral
- Mineral.image
- Wagnerite. Werfen, Salzburg, Austria-9033.jpg
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Wag
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.BB.15
- Mineral.dana
- 41.6.2.1
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/a’’
- Mineral.color
- Yellow, grayish, red, reddish brown, brown, green
- Mineral.habit
- Elongate and striated prisms, tabular, massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- {100} imperfect, {120} imperfect
- Mineral.fracture
- Sub-conchoidal, splintery
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 5–5.5
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous, resinous
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (+), colorless (transmitted light)
- Mineral.2V
- 25°–35° (measured)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Wagnerite. Werfen, Salzburg, Austria-9032.jpg
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- chemical formula
- Mg₂PO₄F
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.BB.15
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.BB.15
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- type locality (geology)
- Werfen
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Wag
- Commons category
- Wagnerite
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/B.03a
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Wagnerite is a mineral, a combined phosphate and fluoride of iron and magnesium, with the formula . It occurs in pegmatite associated with other phosphate minerals. It is named after Franz Michael von Wagner (1768–1851), a German mining official in Munich.
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