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Fluorowardite

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Fluorowardite

IMA 2012-016
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4 × 2.4 cm
Description

An excellent example of fluorowardite, a rare new sodium-aluminium-phosphate, from the Type Locality with a good coverage of clusters of tiny intergrown pale greenish blue to almost colourless crystals on matrix.
Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
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Fluorowardite

Formula: 
NaAl3(PO4)2F2(OH)2(H2O)2
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Cartils Minerals

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