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Mindat Short Description

Triphylite Group. Triphylite-Lithiophilite Series.

The most abundant primary phosphate mineral in phosphate and other complex pegmatites, in which it occurs as coarsely crystalline masses, rarely in crystals. Fresh material is greenish gray to blu...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Fuchs J N (1834) Ueber ein neues Mineral (Triphylin), Journal für Praktische Chemie 3, 98-104

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

LiFe²⁺(PO₄)

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

LiFe²⁺PO₄

Additional References

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

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