Tomcampbellite

[KCl][Fe2+14(OH)6(PO4)6(PO3OH)2]
IMA status
  • Approved
  • Pending publication
Discovered
2024
Also known as
  • IMA2024-072
  • Tomcampbelliet

Where it forms, where it's found

Geological setting

Pegmatite

Type locality
Dan Patch Mine
  1. Keystone
  2. Keystone Mining District
  3. Pennington County
  4. South Dakota
  5. USA

43.8944°, -103.4417°

1recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Crystallography

Crystal system
Monoclinic
Space group
C2/m
Cell parameters
a = 16.4176(6) Å · b = 6.2747(2) Å · c = 16.6729(6) Å
Cell angles
β = 115.405(1) °
Ratio a:b:c
1 : 0.382 : 1.016

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
26FeIronIron1455.845781.830
45.45%
8OOxygenOxygen3815.999607.962
35.34%
15PPhosphorusPhosphorus830.974247.792
14.41%
19KPotassiumPotassium139.09839.098
2.27%
17ClChlorineChlorine135.45035.450
2.06%
1HHydrogenHydrogen81.0088.064
0.47%
Total1720.196100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From Mindat formula

Synonyms

  • IMA2024-072
  • Tomcampbelliet

In other languages

German
IMA 2024-072 · Tomcampbellit

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

8.BA

  • 8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
  • 8.BPhosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2ODivision
  • 8.BAWith small and medium-sized cationsGroup
  • 8.BATomcampbelliteSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 2025Bosi, Ferdinando; Hatert, Frédéric; Pasero, Marco; Mills, Stuart J. (2025) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 84. European Journal of Mineralogy, 37 (2). 249-255 doi:10.5194/ejm-37-249-2025 DOI: 10.5194/ejm-37-249-2025
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Tomcampbellite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/tomcampbellite-471727},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}