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Amblygonite - Wikipedia

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Amblygonite

General
Category	Phosphate minerals
Formula (repeating unit)	(Li,Na)AlPO₄(F,OH)
IMA symbol	Aby^[1]
Strunz classification	8.BB.05
Crystal system	Triclinic
Crystal class	Pinacoidal (1) (same H-M symbol)
Space group	C1
Identification
Color	Generally white or creamy, but can also be colorless or pale yellow, green, blue, beige, gray, brown or pink.
Crystal habit	Prismatic to columnar form
Twinning	Microscopic polysynthetic twinning common
Cleavage	[100] Perfect, [110] good, [011] distinct
Fracture	Irregular/ineven, sub-Conchoidal
Mohs scale hardness	5.5–6^[2]
Luster	Vitreous to pearly^[2]
Specific gravity	2.98–3.11
Polish luster	greasy to vitreous (in gem material)^[2]
Optical properties	Double refractive, biaxial, may be either positive or negative^[2]
Refractive index	n_a=1.577 – 1.591, n_b=1.592 – 1.605, n_c=1.596 – 1.613
Birefringence	.020 – .027^[2]
Pleochroism	weak to none^[2]
Ultraviolet fluorescence	very weak green in long wave, light blue phosphorescence in long wave and short wave^[2]

Amblygonite (/æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt/) is a fluorophosphate mineral, (Li,Na)AlPO₄(F,OH), composed of lithium, sodium, aluminium, phosphate, fluoride and hydroxide. The mineral occurs in pegmatite deposits and is easily mistaken for albite and other feldspars. Its density, cleavage and flame test for lithium are diagnostic. Amblygonite forms a series with montebrasite, the low fluorine endmember. Geologic occurrence is in granite pegmatites, high-temperature tin veins, and greisens. Amblygonite occurs with spodumene, apatite, lepidolite, tourmaline, and other lithium-bearing minerals in pegmatite veins. It contains about 10% lithium, and has been utilized as a source of lithium. The chief commercial sources have historically been the deposits of California and France.

History

The mineral was first discovered in Saxony by August Breithaupt in 1817, and named by him from the Greek amblus, blunt, and gonia, angle, because of the obtuse angle between the cleavages. Later it was found at Montebras, Creuse, France, and at Hebron in Maine; and because of slight differences in optical character and chemical composition the names montebrasite and hebronite have been applied to the mineral from these localities.The term amblygonite has been used interchangeably in mining, whether this mineral or montebrasite was extracted. In fact, montebrasite is much more common than amblygonite, which is a rare mineral.^[3] It has been discovered in considerable quantity at Pala in San Diego county, California; Caceres, Spain; and the Black Hills of South Dakota. A blue form of amblygonite-montebrasite has been described from Rwanda. The largest documented single crystal of amblygonite measured 7.62 × 2.44 × 1.83 m and weighed about 102 tons.^[4]

Gemology

Transparent amblygonite has been faceted and used as a gemstone. As a gemstone set into jewelry it is vulnerable to breakage and abrasion from general wear, as its hardness and toughness are poor.^[2] The main sources for gem material are Brazil and the United States. Australia, France, Germany, Namibia, and Norway, and Spain have also produced gem quality amblygonite.^[2]

References

^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ (Gia), Gemological. Gem Reference Guide. City: Gemological Institute of America (GIA), 1988. ISBN 0-87311-019-6
^ "Ambligonite". Mindat.
^ P. C. Rickwood (1981). "The largest crystals" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 66: 885–907.

Klein, Cornelis and Hurlbut, Cornelius S., 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., p. 362, ISBN 0-471-80580-7
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v t e Lithium compounds (list)
Inorganic (list)	Li₂ LiAlCl₄ Li_1+xAl_xGe_2−x(PO₄)₃ LiAlH₄ LiAlO₂ LiAl_1+xTi_2−x(PO₄)₃ LiAs LiAsF₆ Li₃AsO₄ LiAt Li[AuCl₄] LiB(C₂O₄)₂ LiB(C₆F₅)₄ LiWF₆ LiBF₄ LiBH₄ LiBO₂ LiB₃O₅ Li₂B₄O₇ LiAsF₆ Li₂SnF₆ Li₂TiF₆ Li₂ZrF₆ Li₂B₄O₇·5H₂O LiBSi₂ LiBr LiBr·2H₂O LiBrO LiBrO₂ LiBrO₃ LiBrO₄ Li₂C₂ LiCF₃SO₃ CH₃CH(OH)COOLi LiC₂H₂ClO₂ LiC₂H₃IO₂ Li(CH₃)₂N LiCHO₂ LiCH₃O LiC₂H₅O LiCN Li₂CN₂ LiCNO Li₂CO₃ Li₂C₂O₄ LiCl LiCl·H₂O LiClO LiFO LiClO₂ LiClO₃ LiClO₄ LiCoO₂ Li₂CrO₄ Li₂CrO₄·2H₂O Li₂Cr₂O₇ CsLiB₆O₁₀ LiD LiF Li₂F LiF₄Al Li₃F₆Al FLiBe LiFePO₄ FLiNaK LiGaH₄ Li₂GeF₆ Li₂GeO₃ LiGe₂(PO₄)₃ LiH LiH₂AsO₄ Li₂HAsO₄ LiHCO₃ Li₃H(CO₃)₂ LiH₂PO₃ LiH₂PO₄ LiHSO₃ LiHSO₄ LiHe LiI LiIO LiIO₂ LiIO₃ LiIO₄ Li₂IrO₃ Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ LiMn₂O₄ Li₂MoO₄ Li_0.9Mo₆O₁₇ LiN₃ Li₃N LiNH₂ Li₂NH LiNO₂ LiNO₃ LiNO₃·H₂O Li₂N₂O₂ LiNa Li₂NaPO₃ LiNaNO₂ LiNbO₃ Li₂NbO₃ LiO⁻ LiO₂ LiO₃ Li₂O Li₂O₂ LiOH Li₃P LiPF₆ Li₃PO₄ Li₂HPO₃ Li₂HPO₄ Li₃PO₃ Li₃PO₄ Li₂Po Li₂PtO₃ Li₂RuO₃ Li₂S LiSCN LiSH LiSO₃F Li₂SO₃ Li₂SO₄ Li[SbF₆] Li₂Se Li₂SeO₃ Li₂SeO₄ LiSi Li₂SiF₆ Li₄SiO₄ Li₂SiO₃ Li₂Si₂O₅ LiTaO₃ Li₂Te LiTe₃ Li₂TeO₃ Li₂TeO₄ Li₂TiO₃ Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ LiTi₂(PO₄)₃ LiVO₃·2H₂O Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃ Li₂WO₄ LiYF₄ Neodymium-doped LiZr₂(PO₄)₃ Li₂ZrO₃
Organic (soaps)	Hemolithin (extraterrestrial protein) Organolithium reagents Gilman reagent CH₃COOLi C₄H₆LiNO₄ LiC₂F₆NO₄S₂ LiN(SiMe₃)₂ Li₃C₆H₅O₇ C₅H₅Li LiN(C₃H₇)₂ (C₆H₅)₂PLi C₁₈H₃₅LiO₃ C₆H₁₃Li C₄H₉Li CH₃CHLiCH₂CH₃ (CH₃)₃CLi C₁₂H₂₈BLi CH₃Li Li⁺C₁₀H−8 C₅H₁₁Li C₅H₃LiN₂O₄ C₆H₅Li LiC₂CH₃ LiO₂C(CH₂)₁₆CH₃ C₄H₅LiO₄ LiEt₃BH LiOC(CH₃)₃ C₉H₁₈LiN LiC₂H₃ Vinyllithium LiC ₁₁H ₂₃COO
Minerals	Amblygonite Berezanskite Brannockite Cryolithionite Darapiosite Darrellhenryite Elbaite Fluorine Elbaite Fluor-liddicoatite Emeleusite Eucryptite LiAlSiO₄ Faizievite Hectorite Hsianghualite Jadarite LiNaSiB₃O₇OH Keatite Li(AlSi₂O₆) Kunzite Lavinskyite Lepidolite Lithiophilite LiMnPO₄ Lithiophosphate Li₃PO₄ Manandonite Manganoneptunite Nambulite Neptunite Olympite Petalite LiAlSi₄O₁₀ Pezzottaite Cs(Be₂Li)Al₂Si₆O₁₈ Rossmanite Saliotite Sogdianite Spodumene LiAl(SiO₃)₂ Sugilite Tiptopite Tourmaline Triphylite LiFePO₄ Zabuyelite Li₂CO₃ Zektzerite Zinnwaldite
Hypothetical	Li_xBe_y HLiHe⁺ LiFHeO LiHe₂ (HeO)(LiF)₂ La_2⁄3–xLi_3xTiO₃He
Other Li-related	Aluminium–lithium alloys Heteroatom-promoted lateral lithiation LB buffer Lithium atom Lithium medication LiNi_xCo_yAl_zO₂ LiNi_xMn_yCo_zO₂ Lithium soap Lithium Triangle Lucifer yellow Magnesium–lithium alloys NASICON Environmentally friendly red light flare

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