Abuite

{{Short description|Calcium aluminium phosphate mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Abuite | category = Phosphate minerals | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Abuite.jpg | imagesize = 280px | caption = | formula = CaAl₂(PO₄)₂F₂ |IMAsymbol=Abu<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref> | molweight = 321.98<ref>{{cite web |title=Abuite molweight calculation with work |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abuite_molweight_calculation.png}}</ref> | strunz = 8.B0. | system = Orthorhombic | class = ''P''2₁2₁2₁ | symmetry = | color = Colorless | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = <!-- not observed --> | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = | luster = Vitreous | polish = | refractive = | opticalprop = | birefringence = | dispersion = | pleochroism = | fluorescence= None | absorption = | streak = White | gravity = | density = 3.214 g cm⁻¹ (calculated) | diaphaneity = Transparent | other = | references = <ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.2465/jmps.170131|title=Abuite, CaAl₂(PO₄)₂F₂, a new mineral from the Hinomaru–Nago mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan|year=2017|last1=Enju|first1=Satomi|last2=Uehara|first2=Seiichiro|journal=Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences|volume=112|issue=3|pages=109–115|bibcode=2017JMPeS.112..109E|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=Mindat/> }} '''Abuite''' is a colorless calcium aluminium phosphate mineral with chemical formula CaAl{{sub|2}}(PO{{sub|4}})F{{sub|2}}. It is chemically similar to galliskiite with the exception that it is hydrated.<ref name=Mindat>[https://mindat.org/min-46490.html Abuite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406013013/https://www.mindat.org/min-46490.html |date=2019-04-06 }} on mindat.org</ref>

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Category:Calcium minerals Category:Aluminium minerals Category:Phosphate minerals