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Parascholzite

Year of discovery: 1981 (Hagendorf South pegmatite (Cornelia mine), Germany), 1989 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of parascholzite

• CaZn₂(PO₄)₂,2H₂O
• [Ca²⁺][Zn²⁺₂][(PO₄)₂]^6-,2H₂O

• Class: Phosphate - Hydrate

• Polymorph: Scholzite (Orthorhombic)

• Ca => Fe: Phosphophyllite
• Ca => Zn: Hopeite, Parahopeite

• CaZn => Cu₂: Veszelyite

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

• Cleavage: No, Parting on {100} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 3.1

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, C2/c
• Lattice: a=17.9, b=7.4, c=6.7, β=106.5