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Gormanite & Wardite & Fluorapatite

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Gormanite & Wardite & Fluorapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Very nice sprays of deep green gormanite crystals, up to 7 mm in size, associated with gemmy crystals of siderite, wardite and fluorapatite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gormanite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)3(Al,Fe3+)4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.45
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

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

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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