Kolbeckite
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Kolbeckite (scandium phosphate dihydrate) is a mineral with formula: ScPO4·2H2O. It was discovered originally at Schmiedeberg, Saxony, Germany in 1926 and is named after Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck, a German mineralogist. Kolbeckite is usually found as small clusters of crystals associated with other phosphate minerals.
| Kolbeckite | |
|---|---|
Light-green spherical aggregates of microcrystals of Kolbeckite, to just over 1mm in size. Locality: Schlarbaum quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria. Size: 4.9 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm. | |
| General | |
| Category | Phosphate minerals |
| Formula | ScPO4·2H2O |
| IMA symbol | Kbe[1] |
| Strunz classification | 8.CD.05 |
| Crystal system | Monoclinic |
| Crystal class | Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol) |
| Space group | P21/n |
