Locality type:

Cave

Classification

Species:

Phoxite

Formula:

(NH₄)₂Mg₂(C₂O₄)(PO₃OH)₂(H₂O)₄

Comments:

Phoxite was first reported from here by Bridge (1977) but was listed as an unknown mineral at the time.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Phoxite data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1308021

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1308021:9

GUID (UUID V4):

bc5f991b-7c4f-40f3-9c52-a727346b9be7

References

Kampf, Anthony R., Celestian, Aaron J., Nash, Barbara P., Marty, Joe (2019) Phoxite, (NH₄)₂Mg₂(C₂O₄)(PO₃OH)₂(H₂O)₄, the first phosphate-oxalate mineral. American Mineralogist, 104 (7) 973-979 doi:10.2138/am-2019-6991

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	Kampf, Anthony R., Celestian, Aaron J., Nash, Barbara P., Marty, Joe (2019) Phoxite, (NH₄)₂Mg₂(C₂O₄)(PO₃OH)₂(H₂O)₄, the first phosphate-oxalate mineral. American Mineralogist, 104 (7) 973-979 doi:10.2138/am-2019-6991	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Mineralogist, Volume 104, pages 973–979, 2019 Phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, the first phosphate-oxalate...Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 1 Abstract Phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, is a new mineral...Other secondary minerals found in association with phoxite are antipinite, aphithitalite, bassanite, struvite...struvite, thenardite, and weddellite. Crystals of phoxite are colorless composite blades up to about 0.4...cleavage, and the measured density is 1.98(2) g/cm3. Phoxite is optically biaxial (–) with α = 1.499(1), β =

Phoxite from Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Phoxite from
Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia