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Wagnerite
Wagnerite is a mineral, a combined phosphate and fluoride of iron and magnesium, with the formula (Mg,Fe2+)2P O4F. It occurs in pegmatite associated with other phosphate minerals. It is named after Franz Michael von Wagner (1768-1851), a German mining official in Munich.
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