Falsterite

1 pegmatite, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, US.

Co-type locality is pegmatite at Estes quarry, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, US.

[2] Main features of the crystal structure of falsterite, which is somewhat similar to that of schoonerite, are: The slabs are bridged by dimers of MgO6 octahedra that display edge-sharing.

Magnesium-bearing octahedra share edges with zinc-bearing tetrahedra.

[2] This article about a specific phosphate mineral is a stub.