Senegalite is a rare aluminum phosphate. It is a hydrated hydroxy phosphate of aluminum. It is named after Senegal, the country in which it was first found to occur.[4][5]
The molecular structure of the phosphate mineral senegalite is Al
2(PO
4)(OH)
3⋅3H
2O.[6][5]
References
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- ^ Frost, Ray L.; López, Andrés; Xi, Yunfei; Murta, Natália; Scholz, Ricardo (2013). "molecular structure of the phosphate mineral senegalite Al
2(PO
4)(OH)
3⋅3H
2O – A vibrational spectroscopic study". Journal of Molecular Structure. doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.05.061. ISSN 0022-2860.