THE MINERAL HOPEITE


Hopeite is a rare phosphate mineral but is popular among collectors of rare minerals. It forms typically well shaped crystals that are often associated with colorful minerals like lazulite, another phosphate mineral. Hopeite is dimorphous with the mineral parahopeite. The two have the exact same chemistry but different structures. Hopeite is orthorhombic and parahopeite is triclinic.

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