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Phosphohedyphane

Year of discovery: 2005 (Capitana mine, Chile), 2011 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of phosphohedyphane

• Pb₃Ca₂(PO₄)₃Cl
• [Pb²⁺₃][Ca²⁺₂][Cl|(PO₄)₃]^10-

• Class: Hedyphane group < Apatite supergroup
• Class: Phosphate - Chloride

• Ca => Pb: Pyromorphite (Series)

• Pb => Ca: Chlorapatite

• PO₄ => AsO₄: Hedyphane

• Cl => F: Fluorphosphohedyphane

• Color: Colorless, Yellow, Greenish gray
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 5.9

• System: Hexagonal
• Group: 6/m, P6₃/m
• Lattice: a=9.9, c=7.1