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Fairfieldite

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Fairfieldite

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
Spodumene Prospect, Brandrücken, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

a carpet of white crystals of fairfieldite

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