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Mindat Short Description

Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series. Fluorine analogue of Montebrasite.

Occurs chiefly in granite pegmatites of the lithium- and phosphate-rich type. Crystals may be enormous in size. NOTE: Most "amblygonite" from granite pegmatites, especially from cr...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Breithaupt A (1818) Gattung B. Amblygonit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie von C. A. S. Hoffmann, Volume 4, Craz und Gerlach (Freiberg) 159-161

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

LiAl(PO₄)F

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

LiAlPO₄F

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/amblygonite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Amblygonite.shtml