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Afmite
Afmite crystals found in France
General
Category	Mineral
Formula (repeating unit)	Al3(OH)4(PO4)(PO3OH)·H2O
IMA symbol	Afm

Afmite is phosphate mineral with the chemical formula Al₃(OH)₄(PO₄)(PO₃OH)·H₂O. It is named for the French mineralogy group Association Française de Microminéralogie, or AFM for short.

References

1. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
2. Afmite Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine on mindat.org

External links

• Afmite on the Handbook of Mineralogy

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