Maricite

Formula:  NaFePO4

Origin of name:  For L. Maric, Croatian mineralogist

 

Crystal system:  Orthorhombic

Crystal class:  2/m 2/m 2/m

Twinning: 

Unit cell: a = 6.867, b = 8.989, c = 5.045

 

Colour:  Colourless to gray, pale brown

Diaphaneity:  Transparent to translucent

Luster:  Vitreous

Habit:  Crystals elongated; elongated grains; forms subparallel to radiating aggregates

Hardness:  4 to 4.5

Specific gravity:  3.66

Cleavage:  None

Tenacity: 

Streak:  White

 

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