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Mindat Short Description

Vivianite Group

Usually found as deep blue to deep bluish green prismatic to flattened crystals, most crystals rather small to microscopic, larger ones rather rare.

When fresh the mineral may be colourless, or nearly so, and, once exposed, will ...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Werner A G (1817) Vivianit, in Letztes Mineral-System, bey Craz und Gerlach, und bey Carl Gerold (Freiberg und Wien) 41-42

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Fe2+3(PO4)2 · 8H2O

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O

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