Phosphate Minerals – July 11
This is a gallery of minerals featuring the phosphate anion, PO4
3–. Phosphate minerals occur in many geological environments, those here are mostly from oxidized metallic ore deposits. This gallery features beryllonite, brazilianite, cornetite, hopeite, florencite-(Ce), kipushite, phosphosiderite, pseudomalachite, pyromorphite, reichenbachite, strengite, turquoise, and vauquelinite.
This gallery contains 16 specimens.
#1403 Beryllonite |
#1404 Brazilianite |
#1392 Cornetite |
#1393 Cornetite |
#1402 Florencite-(Ce) |
#1395 Hopeite with Hemimorphite |
#1394 Hopeite with Pyromorphite |
#1389 Kipushite |
#1399 Meta-autunite |
#1401 Phosphosiderite with Strengite |
#1391 Pseudomalachite |
#1398 Pyromorphite |
#1390 Reichenbachite on Pseudomalachite |
#1397 Turquoise after Fluorapatite |
#1396 Turquoise crystals |
#1400 Vauquelinite with Crocoite |