leucophosphite

{{infobox mineral

|name=Leucophosphite

|image=Hureaulite-Leucophosphite-sea73c.jpg

|caption= Hureaulite, leucophosphite.

Locality: White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer County, South Dakota, US (Locality at mindat.org).

Size: small cabinet, 9.8 × 5.4 × 3.4 cm.

|category=Phosphate mineral

|formula=KFe+32(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O{{cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-2385.html| title=Leucophosphite|website=mindat.org|access-date=10 August 2019}}

| IMAsymbol = Lpp{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}

|color=White to greenish, buff, yellow-brown, orange-brown, pink, greenish brown, brownish purple

|mohs=3.5

|fracture=Monoclinic

}}

Leucophosphite is a phosphatic mineral derived from guano (bird or bat excrement).

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Category:Phosphate minerals