Montebrasite

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Montebrasite specimen from Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Specimen is from the inventory of Milton Sklar 1972. Scale bar indicates 1 inch and 1 cm

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Properties

Formula LiAl(PO4)(OH)
Abbreviation Mbs
Classification Amblygonite (group)
Luminescence emitters O, Unspecified
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1871
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Tags Mineral, Orthophosphate , Phosphate , Hydroxide

Composition

Element Atoms
H 1
O 5
Al 1
P 1
Li 1
Total: 9

Reference

Reference Lines Spectra Images
Gorobets and Prokofiev 1981; Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 7 0 0