Kolbeckite

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.

Kolbeckite
Light-green spherical aggregates of microcrystals of Kolbeckite, to just over 1mm in size. Locality: Schlarbaum quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria. Size: 4.9 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm.
General
CategoryPhosphate minerals
Formula
(repeating unit)
ScPO4·2H2O
Strunz classification8.CD.05
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupP21/n

See also

References

  • 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2012.
  • Kolbeckite at Mindat.org
  • Kolbeckite at Webmineral


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