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Gordonite Millisite & Wardite

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Gordonite Millisite & Wardite

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Description
Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 4.7 × 4.5 cm
Description

Tabular gordonite crystals with grey wardite, white millisite, yellow crandallite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gordonite

Formula: 
MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.30
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Millisite

Formula: 
(Na,K)CaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Wardite

Formula: 
NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA