Triplite

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Triplite gem (2.6 ct) from Pakistan

© Photo by Greg Polley, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Properties

Formula MnII2(PO4)F
Abbreviation Trl
Luminescence emitter Mn
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1813
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Tags Mineral, Phosphate , Orthophosphate

Composition

Element Wt%
H 0.12
Ca 3.79
Mg 3.45
Mn 25.96
Fe 13.19
P 14.64
O 32.13
F 6.73
Total: 100.01

References

Reference Lines Spectra Images
Gorobets et al. 1978; Gaft et al. 1981 1 0 0
Tarashchan 1978 1 0 0