Kolbeckite, ScPO(4).2H(2)O, isomorphous with metavariscite.
This study presents the first structural report of kolbeckite, with the ideal formula ScPO(4).2H(2)O (scandium phosphate dihydrate), based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. Kolbeckite belongs to the metavariscite mineral group, in which each PO(4) tetrahedron shares four vertices with four ScO(4)(H(2)O)(2) octahedra and vice versa, forming a three-dimensional network of polyhedra.
Yang
Hexiong
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Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, USA. hyang@u.arizona.edu
Li
Chen
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Jenkins
Robert A
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Downs
Robert T
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Costin
Gelu
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