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Abuite

Year of discovery: 2000 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: A locality of abuite

• CaAl₂(PO₄)₂F₂
• [Ca²⁺][Al³⁺₂][F₂|(PO₄)₂]^8-

• Class: Phosphate - Fluoride

• Color: Colorless
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: No

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: 222, P2₁2₁2₁
• Lattice: a=11.8, b=12.0, c=4.7

Etymology: Abu village in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan, where this mineral was discovered for the first time.