Whitlockite polymorphs

Ba3(PO4)2-type Ca3(PO4)2 

Mineral name:  tuite (named after Guangzhi Tu)

Discovery:  Suizhou meteorite (L6)

＊References＊

• Murayama J. K., Nakai S., Kato M., and Kumazawa M. 1986. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 44:293–303. (First synthesis)

• Xie X., Minitti M. E., Chen M., Mao H-K., Wang D., Shu D., and Fei Y., 2002. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:2439–2444. (Discovery)

• Xie X., Minitti M. E., Chen M., Mao H-K., Wang D., Shu D., and Fei Y. 2003. European Journal of Mineralogy 15:1001–1005. (Described as a new mineral species)