Phosphates minerals

Autunite

钙铀云母

Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10–12H₂O

Autunite (Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10–12H₂O) is a hydrous calcium uranyl phosphate forming brilliant fluorescent yellow-green tabular crystals — among the most strikingly colored uranium minerals.…

Brazilianite

磷铝钠石

Brazilianite is a sodium-aluminum phosphate of the type pegmatite mineral, named for its country of discovery and best occurrence. Its bright yellow-green…

Fluorapatite

氟磷灰石

Ca₅(PO₄)₃F

Fluorapatite (Ca₅(PO₄)₃F) is the fluorine end-member of the apatite group and the most common phosphate mineral on Earth. It is also the…

Lazulite

天蓝石

MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂

Lazulite (MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂) is a magnesium-aluminum phosphate forming intense blue prismatic crystals in metamorphosed quartz veins. Not to be confused with lazurite (the…

Libethenite

橄榄铜矿

Libethenite is a copper phosphate forming dark olive-green to bottle-green orthorhombic crystals — the phosphate analogue of the arsenate olivenite. It is…

Ludlamite

磷铁锰石

Ludlamite is a hydrous iron-manganese phosphate forming bright apple-green to lime-green tabular crystals. It is one of the rarer iron phosphates and…

Mimetite

砷铅矿

Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl

Mimetite (Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl) is the arsenate analog of pyromorphite — yellow to orange hexagonal crystals from oxidized lead-arsenic ore zones. The "campylite" variety…

Monazite

独居石

Monazite is a light-REE phosphate and one of the two principal sources of cerium-group rare earths (alongside bastnäsite). It is mildly radioactive…

Pyromorphite

磷氯铅矿

Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl

Pyromorphite (Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl) is one of China's most iconic collector minerals. Vivid green to yellow-green hexagonal prisms form barrel-shaped clusters in oxidized lead…

Torbernite

铜铀云母

Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8–12H₂O

Torbernite (Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8–12H₂O) is the copper-uranyl phosphate — the radioactive companion of autunite (Ca-uranyl). Vivid green tabular crystals are diagnostic. Forms in oxidized…

Turquoise

绿松石

CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O

Turquoise (CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O) is a hydrous copper aluminum phosphate, prized for its sky-blue to apple-green color since prehistoric times. Persia (Nishapur, Iran), Hubei…

Wavellite

银星石

Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH,F)₃·5H₂O

Wavellite (Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH,F)₃·5H₂O) is a hydrous aluminum phosphate famous for its diagnostic radiating spherical aggregates of acicular crystals — "wavellite balls" displaying internal…

Xenotime

磷钇矿

Xenotime is the principal heavy-REE-phosphate, complementary to monazite which carries the light REEs. It is the dominant economic source of yttrium, dysprosium,…

Vivianite

蓝铁矿

Fe3(PO4)2.8H2O

Fe3(PO4)2.8H2O . Monoclinic . Mohs 1.5-2

Vanadinite

钒铅矿

Pb5(VO4)3Cl

Pb5(VO4)3Cl . Hexagonal . Mohs 3-4