Triplite-Zwieselite Series
A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals
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About Triplite-Zwieselite Series
Crystal System:
Monoclinic
Series Formula:
Mn22+(PO4)F to Fe22+(PO4)F
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
8618
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:8618:5
Crystallography of Triplite-Zwieselite Series
Crystal System:
Monoclinic
Crystal Structure
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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure
| ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0020668 | Triplite | Vignola P, Gatta G D, Hatert F, Guastoni A, Bersani D (2014) On the crystal-chemistry of a near-endmember triplite, Mn2+2(PO4)F, from the Codera Valley (Sondrio Province, Central Alps, Italy) The Canadian Mineralogist 52 235-245 | 2014 | Codera Valley, Sondrio, Central Alps, Italy | 0 | 293 | |
| 0009440 | Triplite | Rea J R, Kostiner E (1972) The crystal structure of manganese fluorophosphate, Mn2(PO4)F Acta Crystallographica B28 2525-2529 | ![]() | 1972 | synthetic | 0 | 293 |
| 0010694 | Triplite | Waldrop L (1969) The crystal structure of triplite, (Mn,Fe)2FPO4 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 130 1-14 | ![]() | 1969 | Mica Lode, Colorado, USA | 0 | 293 |
| 0012458 | Zwieselite | Yakubovich O V, Simonov M A, Matvienko E N, Belov N V (1978) The crystal structure of the synthetic finite Fe-term of the series triplite - zwieselite Fe2(PO4)F Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 238 576-579 | 1978 | 0 | 293 |
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Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
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Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA