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Also occasionally in radiating masses consisting of curved foliated or fibrous aggregates, resembling stilbite.",3.5,"0","3.08","3.11","3.095","Measured value on Branchville material.","Sub-Vitreous,Waxy,Pearly","Lustre on the perfect {001} cleavage is brilliant","Transparent,Translucent","White","White, greenish white, light amber, salmon-yellow; colourless in transmitted light.","May be slightly stained yellow",[62,63,64,65],"white","pink","yellow","colorless",[62],"Not fluorescent in UV.","On {001} perfect; on {010}, good; on \u003Cmi>{1_10}\u003C\u002Fmi>, distinct.","Perfect","Irregular\u002FUneven","brittle","Biaxial","+","1.633","1.640","1.641","1.650","1.652","1.660","86","88",1.633,1.66,"r>v relatively weak","Non-pleochroic","0.019","X (120°,60°); Y (–102°,36°); Z (18°,69°) using (φ,ρ).","Soluble in acids.\r\n\r\nFound as an alteration product of Dickinsonite and as pseudomorphs after Rhodochrosite.","Late stage phosphate mineralization in a granite pegmatite.","Late stage phosphate mineralization in granite pegmatite.","Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 3.3118, 3.3123.","Fairfieldite Group. Collinsite-Fairfieldite Series.","Named in 1878 by George J. Brush and Edward S. Dana after Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA, the type locality.","2025-08-11 12:14:20",[],[97],{"id":98,"name":99,"entrytype":9,"csystem":37,"ima_formula":100,"mindat_formula":101,"hmin":49,"hmax":49,"dmeas":102,"dcalc":11,"primary_image_id":103},2658,"Messelite","Ca\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub> · 2H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","Ca\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>·2H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","3.15",15955,[105,115,123,132,140,148],{"id":106,"name":107,"entrytype":9,"csystem":108,"ima_formula":109,"mindat_formula":110,"hmin":111,"hmax":111,"dmeas":112,"dcalc":113,"primary_image_id":114},1386,"Eosphorite","Orthorhombic","Mn\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>Al(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub> · H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","Mn\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>Al(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>·H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O",5,"3.06","3.04",29662,{"id":116,"name":117,"entrytype":9,"csystem":118,"ima_formula":119,"mindat_formula":120,"hmin":111,"hmax":111,"dmeas":102,"dcalc":121,"primary_image_id":122},1952,"Hureaulite","Monoclinic","Mn\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub> · 4H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","Mn\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>·4H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","3.23",29898,{"id":124,"name":125,"entrytype":9,"csystem":108,"ima_formula":126,"mindat_formula":127,"hmin":128,"hmax":128,"dmeas":129,"dcalc":130,"primary_image_id":131},2108,"Johnwalkite","K(Mn\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>,Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Nb,Ta)O\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub> · 2(H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O,OH)","K(Mn\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>,Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>,Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Nb\u003Csup>5+\u003C\u002Fsup>,Ta\u003Csup>5+\u003C\u002Fsup>)(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>·2(H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O,OH)",4,"3.40","3.44",12679,{"id":133,"name":134,"entrytype":9,"csystem":118,"ima_formula":135,"mindat_formula":136,"hmin":49,"hmax":49,"dmeas":137,"dcalc":138,"primary_image_id":139},2452,"Ludlamite","Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub> · 4H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>·4H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","3.12","3.176",14836,{"id":141,"name":142,"entrytype":9,"csystem":118,"ima_formula":143,"mindat_formula":144,"hmin":128,"hmax":128,"dmeas":145,"dcalc":146,"primary_image_id":147},2767,"Montgomeryite","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>MgAl\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub> · 12H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>MgAl\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>·12H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","2.53","2.523",16660,{"id":149,"name":150,"entrytype":9,"csystem":151,"ima_formula":152,"mindat_formula":153,"hmin":111,"hmax":111,"dmeas":154,"dcalc":155,"primary_image_id":156},4242,"Wardite","Tetragonal","NaAl\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub> · 2H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","NaAl\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>·2H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","2.81","2.805",27788,[],[159],{"id":160,"txt":161,"latitude":162,"longitude":163,"country":164},6816,"Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA",41.2677778,-73.4391667,"USA",73,[167,171,174,177,181,185,190,194,198,202,206,210,215,220,224,229,234,239],{"id":168,"year":169,"html":170,"doi":11},16108929,1878,"Brush, G.J., Dana, E.S. (1878) On a new and remarkable mineral locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut; with a description of several new species occurring there. American Journal of Science and Arts, 16, 33-46 and 114-123 (123-123).",{"id":172,"year":28,"html":173,"doi":11},15984155,"Brush, G.J., Dana, E.S. (1879) On the mineral locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, with the description of two additional new species. Second Paper. American Journal of Science and Arts, 17, 359-368.",{"id":175,"year":28,"html":176,"doi":11},16108930,"Sandberger (1879) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Heidelberg, Stuttgart: 370.",{"id":178,"year":179,"html":180,"doi":11},16108931,1885,"Sandberger (1885) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Heidelberg, Stuttgart: I: 185.",{"id":182,"year":183,"html":184,"doi":11},16108932,1890,"Brush, G.J., Dana, E.S., Wells, H.L. (1890) On the mineral locality at Branchville, Connecticut: Fifth paper. American Journal of Science, 39, 201-216 (212).",{"id":186,"year":187,"html":188,"doi":189},647767,1921,"Larsen, Esper S. (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals. \u003Ci>Bulletin\u003C\u002Fi> 679. US Geological Survey \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3133\u002Fb679'>doi:10.3133\u002Fb679\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fpubs.usgs.gov\u002Fbul\u002F0679\u002Freport.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3133\u002Fb679",{"id":191,"year":192,"html":193,"doi":11},519395,1925,"Landes, Kenneth K. (1925) The paragenesis of the granite pegmatites of central Maine. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  10 (11) 355-411 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM10\u002FAM10_355.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":195,"year":196,"html":197,"doi":11},519808,1930,"Berman, Harry, Gonyer, F. A. (1930) Pegmatite minerals of Poland, Maine. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  15 (8) 375-387 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM15\u002FAM15_375.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":199,"year":200,"html":201,"doi":11},521076,1940,"Wolfe, C. W. (1940) Classification of minerals of the type A3(XO4)2·nH2O. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  25 (11) 738-753 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM25\u002FAM25_738.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":203,"year":204,"html":205,"doi":11},1118652,1951,"Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.",{"id":207,"year":208,"html":209,"doi":11},522688,1955,"Frondel, Clifford (1955) Neomesselite and beta-roselite: Two new members of the fairfieldite group. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  40 (9-10) 828-833 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM40\u002FAM40_828.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":211,"year":212,"html":213,"doi":214},217219,1970,"Fanfani, L., Nunzi, A., Zanazzi, P. F. (1970) The crystal structure of fairfieldite. \u003Ci>Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  26 (5) 640-645 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1107\u002Fs0567740870002893'>doi:10.1107\u002Fs0567740870002893\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1107\u002Fs0567740870002893",{"id":216,"year":217,"html":218,"doi":219},116276,2002,"Fleck, Michel, Kolitsch, U., Hertweck, B. (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification. \u003Ci>Zeitschrift für Kristallographie\u003C\u002Fi>,  217 (9). 435-443 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1524\u002Fzkri.217.9.435.22883'>doi:10.1524\u002Fzkri.217.9.435.22883\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1524\u002Fzkri.217.9.435.22883",{"id":221,"year":222,"html":223,"doi":11},16964197,2005,"(2005) Fairfieldite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Ffairfieldite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":225,"year":226,"html":227,"doi":228},64319,2006,"Herwig, S.; Hawthorne, F. C. (2006) The topology of hydrogen bonding in brandtite, collinsite and fairfieldite. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  44 (5). 1181-1196 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.5.1181'>doi:10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.5.1181\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fcm\u002Fvol44\u002FCM44_1181.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.5.1181",{"id":230,"year":231,"html":232,"doi":233},16390220,2009,"Frost, Ray L. (2009) Raman and infrared spectroscopy of arsenates of the roselite and fairfieldite mineral subgroups. \u003Ci>Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>, 71 (5) 1788-1794 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2008.06.039'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2008.06.039\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2008.06.039",{"id":235,"year":236,"html":237,"doi":238},16393707,2013,"Frost, Ray L., Xi, Yunfei, Scholz, Ricardo, Belotti, Fernanda Maria, Lopez, Andres (2013) Infrared and Raman spectroscopic characterization of the phosphate mineral fairfieldite – Ca\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mn\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>,Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>·2(H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O) \u003Ci>Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>,  106. 216-223 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2013.01.008'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2013.01.008\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2013.01.008",{"id":240,"year":241,"html":242,"doi":243},397531,2014,"Dyar, M. D., Jawin, E. R., Breves, E., Marchand, G., Nelms, M., Lane, M. D., Mertzman, S. A., Bish, D. L., Bishop, J. L. (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  99 (5) 914-942 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam.2014.4701'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam.2014.4701\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam.2014.4701",[245,255,263,270,278,288,295,301,311],{"id":246,"source_url":247,"license_code":248,"credit_html":249,"title":250,"description":251,"author":252,"original_width":253,"original_height":254},8254,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126149","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126149\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fairfieldite-37889.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFairfieldite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fairfieldite\">Fairfieldite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Foote Lithium County Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorth_Carolina\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:North Carolina\">North Carolina\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3280.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Classic old material ! To find a Fairfieldite up to 1 cm is truly rare, but give it good definition, luster, and color as the largest crystal has here and you have a truly significant specimen. 2.9 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",677,800,{"id":256,"source_url":257,"license_code":248,"credit_html":258,"title":259,"description":260,"author":252,"original_width":261,"original_height":262},8255,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10154761","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10154761\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fairfieldite-188367.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFairfieldite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fairfieldite\">Fairfieldite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Foote Lithium County Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorth_Carolina\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:North Carolina\">North Carolina\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3280.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.3 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Classic, old material from the famous Foote Mine of North Carolina. Large, lustrous, well-formed fairfieldite crystals richly cover matrix on this fine thumbnail. Ex. Dick Jones Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,341,{"id":264,"source_url":265,"license_code":248,"credit_html":266,"title":267,"description":268,"author":252,"original_width":254,"original_height":269},8256,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158653","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158653\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fairfieldite-199687.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFairfieldite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fairfieldite\">Fairfieldite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Abija N. Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBranchville\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Branchville\">Branchville\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRedding\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Redding\">Redding\u003C\u002Fa>, Fairfield County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConnecticut\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Connecticut\">Connecticut\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6816.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.2 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An oddly lightweight specimen of fairfieldite - a rare phosphate known in larger crystals now from other locales. But, this is the type locality (in 1879) for this important rarity. From the noted collection of William Drown, who, according to the Mineralogical Record Archive on him, was an umbrella manufacturer who used his fortune to amass a collection of some 6000 mineral specimens. His collection was kept by his family for a generation after his death and then donated in 1918. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",726,{"id":271,"source_url":272,"license_code":248,"credit_html":273,"title":274,"description":275,"author":252,"original_width":276,"original_height":277},8257,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175203","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175203\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Apatite-(CaF)-Fairfieldite-39595.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FApatite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Apatite\">Apatite-(CaF)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFairfieldite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fairfieldite\">Fairfieldite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Foote Lithium County Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorth_Carolina\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:North Carolina\">North Carolina\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3280.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This plate features equant, gemmy purple apatite-(CaF) crystals, to 1 cm across, nestled in a quartz vug. These are HUGE for the locality, and very colorful as well both as individuals and overall as a specimen. Sharp , bladed crystals of fairfieldite are interspersed around the base of the apatites. There is also a dusting of drusy quartz coating the terminal portions of the apatite crystals. 8 x 8 x 3.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",465,507,{"id":279,"source_url":280,"license_code":281,"credit_html":282,"title":283,"description":284,"author":285,"original_width":286,"original_height":287},8259,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34176063","Public domain","Fernando Brederodes, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34176063\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fairfieldite-624239.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFairfieldite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fairfieldite\">Fairfieldite\u003C\u002Fa> (Field of view 5 mm)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Cigana claim (Cigana mine; Jocão claim), Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>\u003Ci>Original description:\u003C\u002Fi> Aggregate crystals Fairfieldite on matrix; Photo and collection Fernando Brederodes.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Fernando Brederodes",640,480,{"id":289,"source_url":290,"license_code":248,"credit_html":291,"title":292,"description":293,"author":252,"original_width":276,"original_height":294},8260,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34176330","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34176330\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fairfieldite-391296.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFairfieldite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fairfieldite\">Fairfieldite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorth_Carolina\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:North Carolina\">North Carolina\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-7680.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.8 cm x 3.7 cm x 1.2 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Fairfieldite is a rare phosphate and holmquistite is a rare amphibole group species. As such, this is an extremely rare combination specimen from the LCA Mine, a pegmatite mined for lithium and closed in the late 1990s. Waxy lustre, cream-colored, rounded fairfieldite crystals to 7 mm (large for the locale and species) are nicely scattered on the cream-colored crust of holmquisite. The sliver of matrix is pearlescent mica schist. Ex. John White Collection of Seattle and acquired in February, 1976, according to his label.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",362,{"id":296,"source_url":297,"license_code":248,"credit_html":298,"title":299,"description":293,"author":252,"original_width":276,"original_height":300},8261,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34176331","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=34176331\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fairfieldite-391297.jpg",339,{"id":302,"source_url":303,"license_code":304,"credit_html":305,"title":306,"description":307,"author":308,"original_width":309,"original_height":310},10316,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118199280","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118199280\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fairfieldite with Vivianite, Reddingite, and Graftonite (48522676017).jpg","\u003Cp>Bull Mosse - Custer\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nSouth Dakota, USA","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",6000,4000,{"id":312,"source_url":313,"license_code":304,"credit_html":314,"title":315,"description":316,"author":308,"original_width":309,"original_height":310},54186,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118199282","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118199282\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fairfieldite with Cleavelandite, Triphylite, and Vivianite (48522507171).jpg","Unknown description\u003Cspan style=\"display: none;\">Unknown description\u003C\u002Fspan>",[318,324],{"id":319,"url":320,"label":321,"formula":322,"spacegroup":323,"year":226},4337,"\u002Fcif\u002F4337.cif","Herwig 2006","Ca2 Mn.73 Mg.01 Fe.23 P2 O10 H4","P -1",{"id":325,"url":326,"label":327,"formula":328,"spacegroup":323,"year":212},4338,"\u002Fcif\u002F4338.cif","Fanfani 1970","Ca2 Mn P2 O10 H4",[330,331],"Fairfieldiet","Leucomanganite",[333,337,341,344,348,351],{"lang":334,"names":335},"ca",[336],"fairfieldita",{"lang":338,"names":339},"de",[340],"Fairfieldit",{"lang":342,"names":343},"es",[336],{"lang":345,"names":346},"eu",[347],"Fairfieldita",{"lang":349,"names":350},"it",[7],{"lang":352,"names":353},"pl",[354],"Fairfieldyt","Q3738453",{"history":11,"applications":11}]