Wagnerite

Formula: (Mg,Fe)2(PO4)F

Origin of name: for F.M. von Wagner (1768-1851), German mining official in Munich

 

Crystal system: Monoclinic

Crystal class: 2/m

Twinning:

Unit cell: a = 9.644, b = 12.679, c = 11.957, β = 108.3°

 

Colour: Yellow, grayish, greenish, yellowish red to brick brown

Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent

Luster: Vitreous to resinous

Habit: Crystals prismatic, striated vertically, may be large and rough, massive

Hardness: 5 to 5.5

Specific gravity: 3.15

Cleavage: 3; {100} and {120} imperfect, {001} traces/poor

Tenacity: Splintery fracture

Streak: White

 

Synonyms/varieties: Kjerulfine, magniotriplite

 

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