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Fairfieldite

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Fairfieldite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.3 × 2.8 cm
Description

This is a very good and rich fairfieldite specimen from the famous Hagendorf mine in Germany.

Sharp and translucent, white fairfieldite crystals richly set on blackgreen crystallized rockbridgeite with minor reddingite.

Very rare and old specimen!

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