Fairfieldite

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairfieldite (white) with fluorapatite

Origin: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

  

White, bladed crystals to 5 mm on albite

  

White to clear bladed crystals to 1 cm in radial pattern

Origin: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, United States

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm (top), 4 x 4 x 2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Light grey rosettes of fairfieldite to 2 mm on white to clear blades of albite.

Origin: Cigana mne, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 8 x 6 x 4 cm

 

  

White bladed crystals to 6 mm in open vugs associated with red montgomeryite, brown jahnsite, whitlockite and mitridatite - all micro crystals.

Origin: Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States

Sample size: 8 x 7 x 3 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  

  

Origin: Foote Mine, Kings Mtn., North Carolina, U.S.A.

Ex. M. Dodge collection

Sample size: 2.9 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  

Matrix hosting micro colourless crystals of apatite and colourless crystal clusters of fairfieldite to 5 mm in size.

Origin: Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.4 x 5.8 x 1.3 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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