| Kolbeckite | |
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Light-green spherical aggregates of microcrystals of Kolbeckite, to just over 1mm in size. Locality: Schlarbaum quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria. Size: 4.9 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm. |
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| General | |
| Category | Phosphate minerals |
| Chemical formula | ScPO4·2H2O |
| Strunz classification | 08.CD.05 |
Kolbeckite is a scandium phosphate mineral with formula: ScPO4·2H2O. It was discovered originally at Schmiedeberg, Saxony, Germany in 1926 and is named after Friedrich LW Kolbeck, a German mineralogist. Kolbeckite is usually found as small clusters of crystals associated with other phosphate minerals.