Kolbeckite

Kolbeckite (scandium phosphate dihydrate) is a mineral with formula: ScPO₄·2H₂O. It was discovered originally at Schmiedeberg, Saxony, Germany in 1926 and is named after Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck, a German mineralogist. Kolbeckite is usually found as small clusters of crystals associated with other phosphate minerals.

Kolbeckite
Light-green spherical aggregates of microcrystals of Kolbeckite, to just over 1mm in size. Locality: Schlarbaum quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria. Size: 4.9 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm.
General
Category	Phosphate minerals
Formula	ScPO4·2H2O
IMA symbol	Kbe[1]
Strunz classification	8.CD.05
Crystal system	Monoclinic
Crystal class	Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Space group	P21/n

See also

• List of minerals
• List of minerals named after people