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Panasqueiraite: Mineral information, data and localities. This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page. Named for the type locality of Panasqueira, Portugal. Tilasite Group, OH-analogue of isokite. Extremely rare; most of samples are in fact triplite or other visually similar phosphates (Mila et al., 2014).
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This crystalline, massive panasqueiraite is classic for its...
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Panasqueiraite is a very rare calcium magnesium hydroxyl...
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Panasqueiraite is a very rare calcium magnesium hydroxyl fluoro-phosphate that to the best of my knowledge has only been found at its namesake locality, the Panasqueira Mines in Portugal. The species has been approved since 1978, but still never seen in another world locality.
- Panasqueira Mines, Portugal
This crystalline, massive panasqueiraite is classic for its habit and tannish-flesh color. The luster is actually very good, and I am told this would be a very rich specimen. The remaining parts of the piece is gray quartz, bladed but incomplete ferberite, and muscovite crystals.
Rare mineral in vein selvages in a hydrothermal Sn–W deposit. Panasqueira Sn-W deposit, Portugal. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. Named for the locality. Try searching images.google.com or Mindat Picture Gallary for mineral pictures. Caution: The images retrieved may not be appropriate. White, Pink.
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus. David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “ Panasqueiraite ”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
Panasqueiraite is a mineral with formula of CaMgPO 4 (OH) or CaMg(PO 4)(OH). The corresponding IMA (International Mineralogical Association) number is IMA1978-063. The IMA symbol is Psq.
Panasqueiraite CaMg(PO4)(OH,F) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/mor m. Anhedral, to about 1 mm; fine-grained massive, in aggregates. Physical Properties: Cleavage: On {010}, poor. Hardness = 5 D(meas.) = 3.22 D(calc.) = 3.21 Blue cathodoluminescence under the electron beam.