Samraite

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: Monoclinic
Space group: P21/c
Cell parameters: a = 4.4640(4) Å · b = 9.8966(10) Å · c = 5.2133(6) Å
Cell angles: β = 97.505(4) °
Ratio a:b:c: 1 : 2.217 : 1.168

Chemical composition

Constituent elements: Mass composition breakdown
Element Atoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/mol Mass share
28NiNickel Nickel 2 58.693 117.386
40.29%
8OOxygen Oxygen 7 15.999 111.993
38.44%
15PPhosphorus Phosphorus 2 30.974 61.948
21.27%
Total 291.327 100.00%
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
28NiNickel	Nickel	2	58.693	117.386	40.29%
8OOxygen	Oxygen	7	15.999	111.993	38.44%
15PPhosphorus	Phosphorus	2	30.974	61.948	21.27%
	Total	291.327	100.00%

Synonyms

Samraiet

In other languages

German: IMA 2021-029 · Samrait

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.FASamraiteSpecies

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) Samraite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Cite this entry

@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Samraite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/samraite-55542},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}