Lacroixite

Formula:  NaAl(PO4)F

Origin of name:  For Alfred Lacroix, French mineralogist

 

Crystal system:  Monoclinic

Crystal class:  2/m

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Colour:  Pale yellow to pale green, gray, colourless

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Luster:  Vitreous to resinous

Habit:  Fragmentary crystals

Hardness:  4.5

Specific gravity:  3.29

Cleavage:  2; {111} and {1-11} indistinct

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Comments:  Phosphate analogue of durangite

 

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