Formula : Ca2(Mn2+,Fe2+)[PO4]2 * 2 H2O
System: triclinic Hardness:3½ Rarity:rare
Strunz id:VII/C.17-30 -
PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES and VANADATES
Name origin: Named in 1878 by George J. Brush and Edward S. Dana after Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA, the type locality.
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