Althausite Explained
| Althausite |
| Category: | Phosphate minerals |
| Formula: | Mg2(PO4)(OH,F) |
| Imasymbol: | Ahs[1] |
| Strunz: | 8.BB.25 |
| System: | Orthorhombic |
| Class: | Dipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| Symmetry: | Pnma |
| References: | [2] [3] [4] |
Althausite is a relatively simple magnesium phosphate mineral with formula Mg2(PO4)(OH,F). It is very rare. Original occurrences are magnesite deposits among serpentinites. It is named after Egon Althaus (born 1933), a mineralogist at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.[5] [3] [6]
Notes and References
- Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3. 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43. 2021MinM...85..291W. 235729616. free.
- Web site: Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas.
- http://www.mindat.org/min-148.html Mindat
- http://webmineral.com/data/Althausite.shtml Webmineral data
- Raade G. and Tysseland M. 1975: Althausite, a new mineral from Modum, Norway. Lithos, 8, 215-219
- http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/althausite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
