Montgomeryite

Montgomeryite
Montgomeryite
	Montgomeryite found in South Australia
General
Category	Phosphate mineral
Formula	Ca4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O
IMA symbol	Mgm
Identification
Color	Dark green to light green, colorless, red, yellow
Mohs scale hardness	4

Montgomeryite is a phosphate mineral with the chemical formula Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O. The mineral was discovered in Fairfield, Utah in a variscite nodule. Montgomeryite is a very rare mineral and can only be found in a few places in the world.

References

1 2 3 4 "Montgomeryite". mindat.org. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85: 291–320.
↑ Larsen, Esper S. (1940-05-01). "Overite and montgomeryite: two new minerals from Fairfield, Utah". American Mineralogist. 25 (5): 315–326. ISSN 0003-004X.
↑ "Fairfield Utah Varisite nodules". www.minsocam.org. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
↑ Marty, Joe; Howard, Donald G.; Barwood, Henry (1999-01-20). Minerals of the Utahlite Claim, Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah. Utah Geological Survey. ISBN 9781557916396.

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[mindat-1] 1 2 3 4 "Montgomeryite". mindat.org. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[2] Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85: 291–320.

[3] Larsen, Esper S. (1940-05-01). "Overite and montgomeryite: two new minerals from Fairfield, Utah". American Mineralogist. 25 (5): 315–326. ISSN 0003-004X.

[4] "Fairfield Utah Varisite nodules". www.minsocam.org. Retrieved 2019-08-11.

[5] Marty, Joe; Howard, Donald G.; Barwood, Henry (1999-01-20). Minerals of the Utahlite Claim, Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah. Utah Geological Survey. ISBN 9781557916396.