Senegalite

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Senegalite
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General
Category Minerals
Formula Al2(PO4)(OH)3⋅3H2 [1]
IMA symbol Sng [2]
Identification
ColorColorless, Light yellow [3]
This rare specimen of a rediscovery features large boxwork-like cavities lined with senegalite and various phosphates species in a limonite gossan matrix. Senegalite-166898.jpg
This rare specimen of a rediscovery features large boxwork-like cavities lined with senegalite and various phosphates species in a limonite gossan matrix.

Senegalite is a rare aluminum phosphate. It is a hydrated hydroxy phosphate of aluminum. It is named after Senegal, the country in which it was first found to occur. [4] [5]

The molecular structure of the phosphate mineral senegalite is Al
2(PO
4)(OH)
3⋅3H
2O. [6] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Keegan, T. D. (December 1979). "Senegalite, Al2(OH)3(H2O)(PO4), a novel structure type". American Mineralogist . 64 (11–12): 1243–1247.
  2. ↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine . 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi: 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 . S2CID   235729616.
  3. ↑ "Senegalite Mineral Data".
  4. ↑ "Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas". www.mineralienatlas.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  5. 1 2 "Senegalite" (PDF). Mineral Data Publishing. 4.
  6. ↑ Frost, Ray L.; López, Andrés; Xi, Yunfei; Murta, Natália; Scholz, Ricardo (2013). "molecular structure of the phosphate mineral senegalite Al
    2    (PO
    4    )(OH)
    3    ⋅3H
    2    O     – A vibrational spectroscopic study"    . Journal of Molecular Structure . doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.05.061. ISSN   0022-2860.
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