Phosphate Mineral Specimens and Products

Monazite-(Ce) on tourmaline

#65228

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Locality: Pap Rok, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Formula: CePO₄
Size: 1.5 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: phosphate, REE mineral

Zoned tourmaline with excellent orange Monazite crystals to 1mm.

Monazite-(Ce) at WebMineral Monazite-(Ce) at MinDat

Nevadaite

#65327

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Locality: Gold Quarry mine, Eureka Co., Nevada, United States
Formula: (Cu²⁺,□,Al,V³⁺)₆[Al₈(PO₄)₈F₈](OH)₂·22H₂O
Size: 0.6 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: phosphate, vanadium
Special Info: Type Locality

Excellent sprays of blue Nevadaite to about 0.6mm with green Leucophosphite. It is a two-locality mineral.

Nevadaite at Dakota Matrix Nevadaite at WebMineral Nevadaite at MinDat

Palermoite

#BN64930

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Locality: Palermo mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, United States
Formula: Li₂SrAl₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₄
Size: 2.8 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: phosphate, pegmatite mineral, lithium
Special Info: Type Locality

Numerous colorless, striated Palermoite crystals to 2mm. Several stand straight up from the smoky Quartz matrix.

Palermoite at WebMineral Palermoite at MinDat

Parafransoletite

#65223

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Locality: Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States
Formula: Ca₃Be₂(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂·4H₂O
Size: 2.5 x 1.6 x 1.7 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: phosphate, beryllium, pegmatite mineral
Special Info: Type & Only Locality

White bladed crystals of extremely rare Parafransoletite to about 0.3mm in size. The crystals are hard to see since they occur with Englishite, another white, but pearly mineral. The black is a Mn oxide and there is a little Montgomeryite (pink) and Roscherite. All the minerals occur on light green Beryl.

Parafransoletite at Dakota Matrix Parafransoletite at WebMineral Parafransoletite at MinDat