Tuite Mineral Data

General Tuite Information
Chemical Formula:	Ca3(PO4)2
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 306.55 gm
	Sodium 2.10 % Na 2.83 % Na₂O
	Calcium 32.81 % Ca 45.91 % CaO
	Magnesium 2.14 % Mg 3.55 % MgO
	Iron 0.36 % Fe 0.47 % FeO
	Phosphorus 20.41 % P 46.77 % P₂O₅
	Oxygen 42.17 % O
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	100.00 % 99.53 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	Ca_2.51Na_0.28Mg_0.27Fe²⁺_0.02(PO₄)_2.02
Environment:	In a shock-melt vein of the meteorite. High pressure polymorph of whitlockite.
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added)
Locality:	Suizhou L6 chondrite meteorite, which fell in 1986 in Dayanpo, 12.5 km southeast of the city of Suizhou, Hubei Province, People�s Republic of China. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Guangzhi Tu (1920-), professor and founding director of the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People�s Repub lic of China.
Synonym:	IMA2001-070