thumb | right | alt=Blodite crystal | Blodite crystalThe '''blodite group''' (or '''Blödite group''') is a group of minerals with two (in most cases divalent) cations and two anions. The group includes blödite Na<sub>2</sub>Mg(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>•4H<sub>2</sub>O, leonite K<sub>2</sub>Mg(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>•4(H<sub>2</sub>O), anapaite Ca<sub>2</sub>Fe(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>•4(H<sub>2</sub>O), schertelite (NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Mg(PO<sub>3</sub>OH)<sub>2</sub>•4(H<sub>2</sub>O,)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Comodi|first1=P.|last2=Nazzareni|first2=S.|last3=Balic-Zunic|first3=T.|last4=Zucchini|first4=A.|last5=Hanfland|first5=M.|title=The high-pressure behavior of bloedite: A synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction study|journal=American Mineralogist|date=14 February 2014|volume=99|issue=2–3|pages=511–518|doi=10.2138/am.2014.4640|bibcode=2014AmMin..99..511C|s2cid=49575865}}</ref> manganoblödite Na<sub>2</sub>Mn(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>•4(H<sub>2</sub>O), cobaltoblödite Na<sub>2</sub>Co(SO<sub>4</sub>) <sub>2</sub>•4(H<sub>2</sub>O), changoiteNa<sub>2</sub>Zn(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>•4(H<sub>2</sub>O)
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