Raman and infrared spectroscopic characterization of the phosphate mineral paravauxite Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2⋠8H2O

- Paravauxite is a rare phosphate mineral of formula Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2⋅8H2O.
- Chemically, it is closely related to its basic namesake vauxite.
- Another chemically closely related mineral is metavauxite a dimorph of paravauxite.
- We have analysed this mineral using EDX analyses.
- The mineral has been studied by vibrational spectroscopy.