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wolfeite Min.|ˈwʊlfaɪt|
[f. the name of Caleb W. Wolfe (1908–80), U.S. crystallographer + -ite1.]
A basic phosphate of ferrous iron and bivalent manganese, (Fe2+,Mn2+)2(PO4)(OH), that occurs as transparent or translucent monoclinic crystals and forms a series with triploidite.
1949C. Frondel in Amer. Mineralogist XXXIV. 694 The name wolfeite is proposed for the mineral and is particularly appropriate in view of Professor Wolfe's studies of iron and manganese phosphates from Palermo and other localities. 1951C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Min. (ed. 7) II. 853 The names triploidite and wolfeite are applied to those parts of the series with Mn > Fe and Fe > Mn, respectively. 1979Mineral. Mag. XLIII. 507/1 Unlike wolfeite from the Palermo pegmatite, the wolfeite at Thackaringa [Australia] does not appear to be an alteration phase of a pre-existing phosphate and is a late stage phase in the core of the pegmatite. |