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Mineral
Senegalite
General
CategoryMineral
Formula
(repeating unit)		Al2(PO4)(OH)3⋅3H2
IMA symbolSng
Identification
ColorColorless, Light yellow
This rare specimen of a rediscovery features large boxwork-like cavities lined with senegalite and various phosphates species in a limonite gossan matrix.

Senegalite is a rare aluminum phosphate. It is a hydrated hydroxy phosphate of aluminum. It is named after Senegal, the country in which it was first found to occur.

The molecular structure of the phosphate mineral senegalite is Al
2(PO
4)(OH)
3⋅3H
2O.

References

  1. Keegan, T. D. (December 1979). "Senegalite, Al2(OH)3(H2O)(PO4), a novel structure type". American Mineralogist. 64 (11–12): 1243–1247.
  2. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  3. "Senegalite Mineral Data".
  4. "Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas". www.mineralienatlas.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  5. ^ "Senegalite" (PDF). Mineral Data Publishing. 4.
  6. Frost, Ray L.; López, Andrés; Xi, Yunfei; Murta, Natália; Scholz, Ricardo (2013). "molecular structure of the phosphate mineral senegalite Al
    2(PO
    4)(OH)
    3⋅3H
    2O – A vibrational spectroscopic study"    . Journal of Molecular Structure. doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.05.061. ISSN 0022-2860.
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