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Althausite

althausite

Mg4(PO4)2(OH,O)(F,☐)

Althausite: Mineral information, data and localities.

Althausite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Althausite is a relatively simple magnesium phosphate mineral with formula Mg2(PO4)(OH,F). It is very rare. Original occurrences are magnesite deposits among serpentinites. It is named after Egon Althaus (born 1933), a mineralogist at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Scientific references

  1. Althausite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3613187 Link
  2. Althausite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althausite Link