Rockbridgeite Group
A group of related mineral species
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About Rockbridgeite Group
A group of metal iron phosphates. All are orthorhombic except manganrockbridgeite.
A new classification scheme is to be added, as written in the last (41th) IMA CNMNC newsletter.
A new classification scheme is to be added, as written in the last (41th) IMA CNMNC newsletter.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
39395
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:39395:1
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
b135c71d-4f61-4749-bd41-e9681bb8c4a7
IMA Classification of Rockbridgeite Group
IMA status notes:
IMA Approved Group Name
Approval history:
2018: A New classification and nomenclature scheme for the rockbridgeite group approved by IMA-CNMNC
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0000198 | Rockbridgeite | Moore P B (1970) Crystal chemistry of the basic iron phosphates American Mineralogist 55 135-169 | 1970 | 0 | 293 | ||
0014590 | Plimerite | Elliot P, Kolitsch U, Giester G, Libowitzky E, McCammon C, Pring A, Birch W D, Brugger J (2009) Description and crystal structure of a new mineral - plimerite, ZnFe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 - the Zn-analogue of rockbridgeite and frondelite, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Mineralogical Magazine 73 131-148 | 2009 | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia | 0 | 293 | |
0014590 | Plimerite | Elliot P, Kolitsch U, Giester G, Libowitzky E, McCammon C, Pring A, Birch W D, Brugger J (2009) Description and crystal structure of a new mineral - plimerite, ZnFe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 - the Zn-analogue of rockbridgeite and frondelite, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Mineralogical Magazine 73 131-148 | 2009 | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia | 0 | 293 |
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Relationship of Rockbridgeite Group to other Species
Group Members:
Ferrirockbridgeite | (Fe3+0.67β»0.33)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O) | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Ferrorockbridgeite | (Fe2+,Mn2+)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O) | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Frondelite | Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. 2 2 2 : C2 2 21 |
Manganrockbridgeite | Mn2+2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O) | Mon. 2/m : P21/m |
Plimerite | ZnFe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Rockbridgeite | Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Rockbridgeite Group
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References for Rockbridgeite Group
Localities for Rockbridgeite Group
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
β - Click for references and further information on this occurrence.
? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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Brazil | |
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[Frondelite] Scholz, R., Chukanov, N. V., Filho, L. A. D. M., Atencio, D., Lagoeiro, L., Belotti, F. M., Chaves, M. L. S. C., Romano, A. W., BrandΓ£o, P. R., Belakovskiy, D. I., Pekov, I. (2014) CΓ©sarferreiraite, Fe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2Β·8H2O, from Eduardo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Second arsenate in the laueite mineral group. American Mineralogist, 99 (4) 607-611 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4695 | |
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[Frondelite] Menezes Filho, Luiz A. D., Chaves, MΓ‘rio L. S. C., Cooper, Mark A., Ball, Neil A., Abdu, Yassir A., Sharpe, Ryan, Day, Maxwell C., Hawthorne, Frank C. (2019) BrandΓ£oite, [BeAl2(PO4)2(OH)2(H2O)4](H2O), a new BeβAl phosphate mineral from the JoΓ£o Firmino mine, Pomarolli farm region, Divino das Laranjeiras County, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (2) 261-267 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.121 | |
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| [Rockbridgeite] Roda-Robles, Encarnación, Fontan, François, Pesquera Pérez, Alfonso, Keller, Paul (1998) The Fe-Mn phosphate associations from the Pinilla de Fermoselle pegmatite, Zamora, Spain: occurrence of kryzhanovskite and natrodufrénite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 10 (1) 155-168 doi:10.1127/ejm/10/1/0155 |
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Regada, Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal