Vantasselite
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Vantasselite is a rare aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 •9H2O. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and has a white color, a hardness of 2 to 2.5, a white streak and a pearly luster.[1]
It occurs in a quartzite quarry north of Bihain, Belgium It was first described in 1987 and named after Belgian mineralogist René Van Tassel.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Vantasselite". Mineral Data Publishing. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yOP7GZSb.
- ^ "Vantasselite Mineral Information and Data". Mindat.org. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. http://replay.web.archive.org/20090410043050/http://www.mindat.org/min-4150.html.
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