Kolbeckite Explained

Kolbeckite
Category:	Phosphate minerals
Formula:	ScPO4·2H2O
Imasymbol:	Kbe^[1]
Strunz:	8.CD.05
System:	Monoclinic
Class:	Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Symmetry:	P21/n

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.

See also

• List of minerals
• List of minerals named after people

References

• Eggonite (Kolbeckite, Sterrettite), ScPO₄·₂H₂O . M. H. . Hey . Milton Charles . Dwornik Edward J. . Mineralogical Magazine . 1982 . 46 . 341 . 493–497 . 10.1180/minmag.1982.046.341.15 . 1982MinM...46..493H . 129163805 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121114151211/http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_46/46-341-493.pdf . November 14, 2012 .
• Kolbeckite at Mindat.org
• Kolbeckite at Webmineral

Notes and References

1. 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.