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Raadeite: Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8
Comments: Black and white image of a petrographic thin section showing two crystals of raadeite (arrows) included in holtedahlite. (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:320). Location: Nodules of apatite + Mg-phosphates within the Tingelstadtjern serpentinite body, Modum district, Norway. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
Raadeite: Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8 Heneuite: CaMg5(PO4)3(CO3)(OH)
Comments: Translucent aqua colored greasy heneuite grain, surrounded by beige rim of raadeite, with dark blue phosphoellenbergerite inclusion (near top of heneuite), in quartz apatite rock. Location: Tingelstadt Iron Mine, Modum, Buskerud, Norway. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species