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triplite

Phosphate mineral

Instance of: mineral species
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018)
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Subclass of: triplite - zwieselite mineral pair

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Triplite is a rare phosphate mineral with formula: (Mn, Fe)2PO4(F, OH). It occurs in phosphate-rich granitic pegmatites typically as irregular brown opaque masses. Triplite was first described in 1813 for an occurrence in Chanteloube, Limousin, France. The name is from the Greek triplos for triple, in reference to the three cleavage directions. In color and appearance, it is very similar to rhodocrosite, another manganese bearing mineral. Chemically, it is also quite similar to triploidite the difference being that triplite is fluorine dominant while triploidite is hydroxide dominant.

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Formula: Mn²⁺₂PO₄F
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1.Stated in CNMNC Newsletter 50 (June 2019 and July 2019)
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Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 8.BB.10
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1.Stated in mineralienatlas.de
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Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 8.BB.10
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1.Stated in MinDat
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IMA status and/or rank: grandfathered mineral (G)
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1.Stated in IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007)
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Named after: triple language: Ancient Greek
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1.Stated in Handbuch der Mineralogie
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Type locality (geology): Razès
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1.Stated in Handbuch der Mineralogie
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Crystal system: monoclinic crystal system
IMA Mineral Symbol: Trl
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1.Stated in IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols
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Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): VII/B.03a
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1.Stated in Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982)
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