| Name: | Bobdownsite |
| IMA Chemistry: | Ca9Mg(PO3F)(PO4)6 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Bobdownsite contains elements: Calcium (Ca) Magnesium (Mg) Phosphorus (P) Oxygen (O) Fluorine (F) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Canada |
| Year First Published: | 2008 |
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| Status Notes: | Tait K T, Barkley M C, Thompson R M, Origlieri M J, Evans S H, Prewitt C T, Yang H (2011) Bobdownsite, a new mineral species from Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada, and its structural relationship with whitlockite-type compounds, The Canadian Mineralogist 49, 1065-1078 Discredited because it does not contain enough F: McCubbin F M, Phillips B L, Adcock C T, Tait K T, Steele A, Vaughn J S, Fries M D, Atudorei V, Vander Kaaden K E, Hausrath E M (2018) Discreditation of bobdownsite and the establishment of criteria for the identification of minerals with essential monofluorophosphate (PO_3_F^2-^). American Mineralogist 103, 1319–1328 |
| Structural Group Name: | Cerite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
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