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Fairfieldite

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Fairfieldite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
LCA Mine, Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with some nice and quite rich, light yellow clusters of fairfieldite on albite matrix from this sister locality of the Foote Mine. Fairfieldite is extremely rare here and not many specimens were recovered!

Mineral Data
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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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