General Information:
Chemical Formula:Na2(PO3OH)·2(H2O)
Empirical Formula: Na2(PO3)(OH)·2(H2O)
Environment:Formed by alteration of lomonosovite in drill cores in alkalic pegmatites.
IMA Status:Approved IMA 1980
Locality:Khibina and Lovozero massifs, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Name Origin:Named for Moisei Davidovich Dorfman (1908-), Russian mineralogist who first reported a sodium phosphate in 1963.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[???] Indistinct
Color:white.
Density:2
Habits:Powdery - Forms a loose, poorly-coherent pulverulent mass., Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters., Very Soluble - Material dissolves readily in water leaving no residue.
Hardness:1-1.5 - Talc or a little harder
Streak:white
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