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The Phosphates Class Including the Phosphates, the Uranyl Phosphates, the Arsenates, the Antimonates and the Vanadates. |
The Phosphate Class is made up of minerals with a basic chemical unit of tetrahedral (AO4) groups with a negative three (-3) charge. The A can be either Phosphorus, Arsenic, Vanadium or Antimony. The basic chemical unit can be combined with metal ions on a one to one ratio or usually in more complex combinations with other ions such as hydroxide groups (OH), uranyl groups (UO2), a halogen or even water molecules.
The typical phosphate is vitreous to dull, often strongly colored, above average in density, average in hardness (4-7), and low in index of refraction unless ions such as lead are present. All other properties are variable. Many interesting and beautiful mineral specimens come from this class and although a large number of minerals are known to belong to this class, only some of the members of the Apatite Group are considered common.
Subclass: Phosphates
- Amblygonite (Lithium Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Fluoride Hydroxide)
Andrewsite (Copper Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Anapaite (Hydrated Calcium Iron Phosphate)
- The Apatite Group:
- Apatite (Calcium Phosphate Chloride Hydroxide Fluoride)
- Chlorapatite (Calcium Phosphate Chloride)
- Fluorapatite (Calcium Phosphate Fluoride)
- Hydroxylapatite (Calcium Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Hedyphane (Calcium Lead Arsenate Chloride)
- Mimetite (Lead Arsenate Chloride)
- Pyromorphite (Lead Phosphate Chloride)
- Vanadinite (Lead Vanadate Chloride)
- which includes:
Arrojadite (Sodium Calcium Iron Manganese Phosphate)- Augelite (Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Barbosalite (Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Beraunite (Hydrated Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Berlinite (Aluminum Phosphate)
- Beryllonite (Sodium Beryllium Phosphate)
- The Beudantite Group
Beusite (Manganese Iron Calcium Magnesium Phosphate)Bolivarite (Hydrated Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)- Brazilianite (Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Brushite (Hydrated Calcium Phosphate Hydroxide)- Cacoxenite (Hydrated Iron Aluminum Phosphate Oxide Hydroxide)
Cassidyite (Hydrated Calcium Nickel Magnesium Phosphate)- Chalcosiderite (Hydrated Copper Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Childrenite (Hydrated Iron Manganese Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Churchite-(Y) (Hydrated Yttrium Erbium Phosphate)
- Collinsite (Hydrated Calcium Magnesium Iron Phosphate)
- Cornetite (Copper Phosphate Hydroxide)
Crandallite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Cyrilovite (Hydrated Sodium Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)Diadochite (Hydrated Iron Sulfate Phosphate Hydroxide)Dickinsonite (Hydrated Manganese Iron Calcium Magnesium Phosphate Hydroxide)- Dufrenite (Hydrated Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)
Embreyite (Hydrated Lead Chromate Phosphate)Englishite (Hydrated Potassium Calcium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)- Eosphorite (Hydrated Manganese Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Evansite (Hydrated Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Fairfieldite (Hydrated Calcium Manganese Iron Phosphate)Faheyite (Hydrated Manganese Magnesium Sodium Beryllium Iron Phosphate)Faustite (Hydrated Zinc Copper Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Fillowite (Hydrated Sodium Manganese Iron Calcium Phosphate Hydroxide)Florencite (Cerium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Frondelite (Manganese Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)Gorceixite (Hydrated Barium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Gordonite (Hydrated Magnesium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)- Gormanite (Hydrated Iron Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Goyazite (Strontium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Graftonite (Iron Manganese Calcium Phosphate)Griphite (Sodium Aluminum Calcium Iron Manganese Phosphate Hydroxide)Hagendorfite (Sodium Calcium Iron Manganese Phosphate)Hentschelite (Copper Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Herderite (Calcium Beryllium Phosphate Fluoride Hydroxide)
Heterosite (Iron Manganese Phosphate)- Hopeite (Hydrated Zinc Phosphate)
Holtedahlite (Magnesium Phosphate Carbonate Hydroxide Oxide)- Hureaulite (Hydrated Manganese Phosphate Hydroxide)
Hurlbutite (Calcium Beryllium Phosphate)Jahnsite (Hydrated Calcium Manganese Magnesium Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Kidwellite (Hydrated Sodium Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Kulanite (Barium Iron Manganese Magnesium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Landesite (Hydrated Manganese Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)Laubmannite (Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Laueite (Hydrated Manganese Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Lazulite (Magnesium Iron Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Leucophosphite (Hydrated Potassium Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Libethenite (Copper Phosphate Hydroxide)
Lipscombite (Iron Manganese Phosphate Hydroxide)- Lithiophilite (Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate)
- ludlamite (Hydrated Magnesium Iron Manganese Phosphate)
Messelite (Hydrated Calcium Iron Manganese Phosphate)- Meta-variscite
(Hydrated Aluminum Phosphate)
- Meta-vauxite (Hydrated Iron Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Mitridatite (Hydrated Calcium Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Monazite (rare earth Phosphate)
Monetite (Calcium Hydro-Phosphate)- Montbrasite (Lithium Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide Fluoride)
Montgomeryite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Moraesite (Hydrated Beryllium Phosphate Hydroxide)Natramblygonite (Sodium Lithium Aluminum Phosphate Fluoride Hydroxide)Natrophilite (Sodium Magnesium Phosphate)Newberyite (Hydrated Magnesium Hydro-Phosphate)Nissonite (Hydrated Copper Magnesium Phosphate Hydroxide)Overite (Hydrated Calcium Magnesium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Palermoite (Lithium Sodium Strontium Calcium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)Paraschozite (Hydrated Calcium Zinc Phosphate)- Paravauxite (Hydrated Iron Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Phosphoferrite (Hydrated Iron Manganese Phosphate)- Phosphophyllite (Hydrated Zinc Iron Manganese Phosphate)
Phosphosiderite (Hydrated Iron Phosphate)Plumbogummite (Lead Aluminum Hydro-Phosphate Hydroxide)- Pseudomalachite (Copper Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Pucherite (Bismuth Vanadate)
- Purpurite (Manganese Phosphate)
Reddingite (Hydrated Manganese Iron Phosphate)- Rhabdophane (Hydrated Cerium Lanthanum Neodymium Yttrium Phosphate)
- Rockbridgeite (Iron Manganese Phosphate Hydroxide)
Roscherite (Hydrated Calcium Manganese Iron Beryllium Phosphate Hydroxide)Rosemaryite (Sodium Calcium Manganese Iron Magnesium Aluminum Phosphate)Salmonsite (Hydrated Manganese Iron Phosphate)- Scholzite (Hydrated Calcium Zinc Phosphate)
- Scorzalite (Iron Magnesium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
Sicklerite (Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate)Sincosite (Hydrated Calcium Vanadate Phosphate)Spencerite (Hydrated Zinc Phosphate Hydroxide)Stercorite (Hydrated Sodium Ammonium Hydro-Phosphate)Stewartite (Hydrated Manganese Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Strengite (Hydrated Iron Phosphate)
- Strunzite (Hydrated Manganese Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)
Struvite (Hydrated Ammonium Magnesium Phosphate)Switzerite (Hydrated Manganese Iron Phosphate)- Tarbuttite (Zinc Phosphate Hydroxide)
Tavorite (Lithium Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)- Triphylite (Lithium Iron Manganese Phosphate)
Triplite (Manganese Iron Magnesium Calcium Phosphate Fluoride Hydroxide)Triploidite (Manganese Iron Phosphate Hydroxide)Trolleite (Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)- Tsumebite (Lead Copper Phosphate Sulfate Hydroxide)
- Turquoise (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Variscite (Hydrated Aluminum Phosphate)
- Vauxite (Hydrated Iron Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Veszelyite (Hydrated Copper Zinc Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Vivianite (Hydrated Iron Phosphate)
Wagnerite (Magnesium Iron Manganese Calcium Phosphate Fluoride)- Wardite (Hydrated Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Wavellite (Hydrated Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide Fluoride)
- Whiteite (Hydrated Calcium Magnesium Iron Manganese Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Whitlockite (Calcium Magnesium Phosphate)
- Wolfeite (Iron Manganese Phosphate Hydroxide)
- Xenotime (Yttrium Phosphate)
The Uranyl Phosphates
- Autunite (Hydrated Calcium Uranyl Phosphate)
- Coconinoite (Hydrated Iron Aluminum Uranyl Phosphate Sulfate Hydroxide)
Dumontite (Hydrated Lead Uranyl Phosphate Hydroxide)- Meta-ankoleite (Hydrated Potassium Uranyl Phosphate)
- Meta-autunite (Hydrated Calcium Uranyl Phosphate)
- Meta-torbernite (Hydrated Copper Uranyl Phosphate)
- Meta-uranocircite (Hydrated Barium Uranyl Phosphate)
Parsonite (Hydrated Lead Uranyl Phosphate)- Phosphuranylite (Hydrated Calcium Uranyl Phosphate Hydroxide)
Phuralumite (Hydrated Aluminum Uranyl Phosphate Hydroxide)Phurcalite (Hydrated Calcium Uranyl Phosphate Hydroxide)Renardite (Hydrated Lead Uranyl Phosphate Hydroxide)Sabugalite (Hydrated Aluminum Uranyl Hydro-Phosphate)Saleeite (Hydrated Magnesium Uranyl Phosphate)- Torbernite (Hydrated Copper Uranyl Phosphate)
Uramphite (Hydrated Ammonium Uranyl Phosphate)- Uranocircite (Hydrated Barium Uranyl Phosphate)
See also these subclasses: Arsenates, Vanadates and the Antimonates
Much information for this page provided by the Mineralogy Database.
Some Colorful Members of the Colorful Phosphates Class
