| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from North Carolina > Fairfieldite on Albite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 81478 |
| Mineral: | Fairfieldite on Albite |
| Locality: | Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent pale-yellow fairfieldite crystals in spherical rosettes to 4 mm diameter on lustrous transparent colorless wedge-shaped albite crystals to 1 mm. Fairfieldite is a rare phosphate mineral that is rarely obtainable in good crystals. Ex. S. Kelland collection; acquired in 2003; ex. Betts #21177 |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x2x1 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 1 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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