{{Short description|Phosphate mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Ximengite | category = Phosphate minerals | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | formula = BiPO<sub>4</sub> | IMAsymbol = Xim<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 = 303.95 g/mol | strunz = 8.AD.45 | color = Colorless | habit = | system = Trigonal | class = Trapezohedral (32) <br/>H-M symbol: (32) | symmetry = ''P''3<sub>1</sub>21 or ''P''3<sub>2</sub>21 | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = 4.5 | luster = Vitreous - Greasy | polish = | refractive = | opticalprop = | birefringence = | dispersion = | pleochroism = | fluorescence= | absorption = | streak = | gravity = 5.53 | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Transparent | other = | references =<ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Ximengite.shtml Ximengite mineral data from Webmineral]</ref><ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-4337.html Mindat.org]</ref> }}
'''Ximengite''' is a phosphate mineral discovered in and named for the Ximeng tin-mining district in China. Chemically, it is bismuth phosphate.
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Category:Phosphate minerals Category:Bismuth minerals Category:Trigonal minerals Category:Minerals in space group 152 or 154
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