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Fairfieldite

SEM-EDS conf. specimen no 2019-03-31-76

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

Beige platy fairfieldite (SEM-EDS conf. specimen no 2019-03-31-76, analysis attached) with rockbridgeite in a large cavit of quartz. 

Analysis attached!

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Fairfieldite
Analysis Report - only: Fairfieldite