Kolbeckite

(repeating unit)ScPO4·2H2OIMA symbolKbe[1]Strunz classification8.CD.05Crystal systemMonoclinicCrystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)Space groupP21/n

Kolbeckite (scandium phosphate dihydrate) is a mineral with formula: ScPO4·2H2O. It was discovered originally at Schmiedeberg, Saxony, Germany in 1926 and is named after Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck, a German mineralogist. Kolbeckite is usually found as small clusters of crystals associated with other phosphate minerals.

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References

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  • Hey, M. H.; Milton Charles; Dwornik Edward J. (1982). "Eggonite (Kolbeckite, Sterrettite), ScPO4·2H2O" (PDF). Mineralogical Magazine. 46 (341): 493–497. Bibcode:1982MinM...46..493H. doi:10.1180/minmag.1982.046.341.15. S2CID 129163805. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2012.
  • Kolbeckite at Mindat.org
  • Kolbeckite at Webmineral
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