Na₂O - 16,5 %      MgO - 0,8 %     MnO - 3,1 %
FeO - 37,4 %      P₂O₅ - 42,5 %

Optical Data: (-); n_α=1,676(2); n_β=1,695(2); n_γ=1,698(2); 2V=43°, X=a, Y=b Crystallographic Data: Pmnb; Z=4; a=6,867Å, b=8,989Å, c=5,049Å

The mineral marićit is named after the famous Croatian petrologist, academician Luka Marić, who was the long-time head of the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Ore Deposits at the Faculty of Mining, Geology, and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb.


CRNKOVIĆ, B. (1978): Marićit - a new mineral. Priroda, 67/1, p. 20.

GOLUB, Lj. (1980): Marićit - a new mineral in the phosphate class. Geološki vjesnik,
31, 415-416.

LE PAGE, Y., DONNAY, G. (1977): The crystal structure of the new mineral marićit NaFePO₄.- Canadian Mineralogist, 15/4, 518-521.

STURMAN, B.D., MANDARINO, J.A., CORLETT, M.I. (1977): Marićite, a sodium iron phosphate, from the Big Fish River area, Yukon Territory, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 15/3, 396-398.