Nabateaite

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality: Wadi Halamish
Hatrurim Basin
Tamar Regional Council
Beersheba Subdistrict
Southern District
Israel
31.1631°, 35.2992°

1recorded occurrences

Source · OpenStreetMap

Crystallography

Crystal system: Triclinic
Space group: #1
Cell parameters: a = 4.488(2) Å · b = 5.299(3) Å · c = 5.483(3) Å
Cell angles: α = 103.96(4) ° · β = 98.28(4) ° · γ = 98.71(3) °
Ratio a:b:c: 1 : 1.181 : 1.222

Chemical composition

Constituent elements: Mass composition breakdown
Element Atoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/mol Mass share
8OOxygen Oxygen 7 15.999 111.993
39.21%
26FeIron Iron 2 55.845 111.690
39.10%
15PPhosphorus Phosphorus 2 30.974 61.948
21.69%
Total 285.631 100.00%
Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100
From IMA formula

Mass composition breakdown
Element	Atoms	At. mass g/mol	Mass g/mol	Mass share
8OOxygen	Oxygen	7	15.999	111.993	39.21%
26FeIron	Iron	2	55.845	111.690	39.10%
15PPhosphorus	Phosphorus	2	30.974	61.948	21.69%
	Total	285.631	100.00%

Synonyms

Nabateaiet

In other languages

German: IMA 2021-026 · Nabateait

Classification

Strunz

10th ed.

8.FA

8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
8.FPolyphosphates, Polyarsenates, [4]-PolyvanadatesDivision
8.FAPolyphosphates, etc., without OH and H₂O; dimers of corner-sharing RO₄ tetrahedra.Group
8.FANabateaiteSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations

2021Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2021) Newsletter 62. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (4) 634-638 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.62DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2021.62
2022(2022) Nabateaite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
2025Lidin, Sven (2025) Sometimes Mother Nature only whispers. IUCrJ, 12 (6). 635-636 doi:10.1107/s2052252525009030DOI: 10.1107/s2052252525009030
2025Stöger, Berthold; Weil, Matthias; Glaum, Robert; Fejfarová, Karla; Petříček, Vaclav; Dušek, Michal; Libowitzky, Eugen; Füglein, Ekkehard (2025) New structural insights into Fe₂P₂O₇ – unravelling an unresolved dispute and three reversible phase transitions. IUCrJ, 12 (6). doi:10.1107/s2052252525007547DOI: 10.1107/s2052252525007547

Cite this entry

@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Nabateaite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/nabateaite-55540},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}