Turquoise Group
A group of related mineral species
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About Turquoise Group
Crystal System:
Triclinic
Triclinic phosphates.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
29340
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:29340:2
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
8eb9915a-dfab-450c-be15-8333dc62ee32
Crystallography of Turquoise Group
Crystal System:
Triclinic
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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure
ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0014837 | Chalcosiderite | Giuseppetti G, Mazzi F, Tadini C (1989) The crystal structure of chalcosiderite, CuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8*4H2O Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1989 227-239 | 1989 | Wheal Phoenix Mine, Cornwall, England | 0 | 293 | |
0014544 | Faustite | Kolitsch U, Giester G (2000) The crystal structure of faustite and its copper analogue turquoise Mineralogical Magazine 64 905-913 | 2000 | Iron Monarch iron ore deposit, South Australia | 0 | 293 | |
0010612 | Turquoise | Cid-Dresdner H (1965) Determination and refinement of the crystal structure of turquois, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8*4H2O Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 121 87-113 | 1965 | Virginia, USA | 0 | 293 | |
0014545 | Turquoise | Kolitsch U, Giester G (2000) The crystal structure of faustite and its copper analogue turquoise Mineralogical Magazine 64 905-913 | 2000 | Iron Monarch iron ore deposit, South Australia | 0 | 293 |
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Relationship of Turquoise Group to other Species
Group Members:
Aheylite | (Fe2+,Zn)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Chalcosiderite | CuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Faustite | ZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Planerite | Al6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8 · 4H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
UM1981-32-PO:FeH | Fe2+Fe3+6(PO4)4-x[PO3(OH)]x(OH)8 · 4H2O |
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 Turquoise Group
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Localities for Turquoise Group
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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.
Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, USA