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431:. Four other rare color variants are rose red, brown-reddish yellow, mossy green, and dark shades of purple. Phosphosiderite can also be found as a colorless mineral. It is
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379:. The siderite at the end of phosphosiderite comes from the word "sideros", the Greek word for iron. It was published in 1890, and has been a valid species since pre-
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179:Tabular {010} or stout prismatic
592:"Phosphosiderite – Encyclopedia"
199:{010} Distinct, {001} Indistinct
371:named for its main components,
634:"Phosphosiderite Mineral Data"
596:www.le-comptoir-geologique.com
336:Measured: 62°, Calculated: 62°
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720:Minerals in space group 14
439:Occurrences and localities
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407:and nearly insoluble in
252:Transparent, translucent
695:Handbook of Mineralogy
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715:Monoclinic minerals
535:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
526:2021MinM...85..291W
508:Warr, L.N. (2021).
443:Phosphosiderite is
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277:Optical properties
52:Phosphate minerals
688:"Phosphosiderite"
661:"Phosphosiderite"
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409:nitric acid
322:Pleochroism
280:Biaxial (−)
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709:Categories
670:2021-03-05
643:2022-10-21
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495:References
481:huréaulite
473:triphylite
463:, and the
433:pleochroic
429:cacoxenite
387:Properties
367:is a rare
354:Solubility
342:Dispersion
215:Mohs scale
105:Monoclinic
90:IMA symbol
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469:turquoise
453:Argentina
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373:phosphate
262:2.74–2.76
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461:Portugal
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348:r > v
332:2V angle
300:= 1.725
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232:Vitreous
218:hardness
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136:(no. 14)
68:Hydrated
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522:Bibcode
489:laueite
457:Germany
415:into a
401:soluble
369:mineral
326:Visible
306:= 1.738
268:Density
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228:Luster
209:Uneven
161:186.85
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540:S2CID
449:Chile
445:mined
316:0.046
242:White
222:3.5–4
166:Color
487:and
377:iron
375:and
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