Anapaite
Mineral Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O
About it
Pale green tabular crystals in cavities of fossil shells and iron ores, named for Anapa on the Black Sea. Kerch in Crimea and Bellver de Cerdanya in Spain are known sources.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Phosphate
- Formula
- Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 3.5
- Specific gravity
- 2.8–2.83
- Streak
- white
- Lustre
- vitreous (glassy)
- Crystal system
- Triclinic
- Colours
- pale green, greenish white, colourless
- Transparency
- transparent, translucent
- Cleavage and fracture
- perfect in one direction
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.