Mundrabillaite

Formula:  (NH4)2Ca(HPO4)2 . H2O

Origin of name:  After locality; Mundrabilla Station, Western Australia

 

Crystal system:  Monoclinic

Crystal class:  2 or m or 2/m

Twinning: 

Unit cell: 

 

Colour:  Colourless

Diaphaneity: 

Luster:  Earthy

Habit:  Powder

Hardness:  1

Specific gravity:  2.05

Cleavage:  None

Tenacity: 

Streak: 

 

Synonyms/varieties:

 

Comments:  Dimorphous with swaknoite

 

Back to Alphabetical list Colour photos Thin sections SEM images TEM images vibrational spectra description IR spectra Raman spectra N-IR spectra F-IR spectra IES spectra