A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Triphylite |
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| Description | This rather nondescript specimen is triphylite, Li(Fe,Mn)PO4. It is a rather scarce phosphate mineral, and is closely related to lithiophilite. The two minerals only differ in Mn to Fe ratios. Triphylite’s color is typically blue, gray-blue and gray-blue-green, but in this sample it is dark brown-black. It is generally fine grained and massive, rarely forming good crystals, but the cleavable nature of this specimen is typical. |
| Location | USA ▹ New Hampshire. Near Alexandria. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-06-29. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #979. |
| Key words | triphylite, New Hampshire |
| Tech details | 529 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 974 |
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