Vantasselite
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Vantasselite is a rare aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 •9H2O. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and has a white color, a hardness of 2 to 2.5, a white streak and a pearly luster.[1]
It occurs in a quartzite quarry north of Bihain, Belgium It was first described in 1987 and named after Belgian mineralogist René Van Tassel.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vantasselite". Mineral Data Publishing. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Vantasselite Mineral Information and Data". Mindat.org. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011.
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