Skip to content
Mineralati

Minerals

Lipscombite

lipscombite

Fe²⁺Fe³⁺2(PO4)2(OH)2

Lipscombite: Mineral information, data and localities.

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

Overview

Lipscombite (Fe2+,Mn2+)(Fe3+)2(PO4)2(OH)2 is a green gray, olive green, or black. phosphate-based mineral containing iron, manganese, and iron phosphate. Lipscombite is often formed at meteorite impact sites where its crystals are microscopically small, because crystal-forming conditions of pressure and temperature are brief. In the Classification of non-silicate minerals lipscombite is in the lipscombite group, which also includes zinclipscombite. This group is within the non-silicate, category 8, anhydrous phosphates, lazulite supergroup.

Scientific references

  1. Lipscombite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6557024 Link
  2. Lipscombite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipscombite Link