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Fairfieldite

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Fairfieldite

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 6.5 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

You are bidding on fantastiuc small cabinet specimen of fairfieldite from the best locality for the species. Clusters of crystals to 1.5cm sit on albite matrix. There are some small dings on the clusters due to contact with the other side of the seam but this is still a beautiful and top quality old-time specimen from the Foote Mine. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fairfieldite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn2+,Fe2+)(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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