crandallite
Sign in to saveCrandallite is a calcium aluminium basic phosphate mineral. It has ideal formula . Crandallite was named after Milan L. Crandall Jr, who worked for Knight Syndicate. This mineral is found in laterite and in alteration products of phosphate rich pegmatites.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Crandallite
- Mineral.image
- Variscite-Crandallite-188268.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260
- Mineral.caption
- Variscite and crandallite. Locality: Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mountains, Utah County, Utah, US. Size: 7.8 × 7.3 × 0.4 cm.
- Mineral.category
- Phosphate minerals
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cdl
- Mineral.molweight
- 414.02
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.BL.10
- Mineral.dana
- 42.07.03.01
- Mineral.system
- Trigonal
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 7.005, c = 16.192, Z = 3; V = 688.09
- Mineral.colour
- grey; yellowish
- Mineral.habit
- fibrous, compact or massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- perfect 0001
- Mineral.mohs
- 4
- Mineral.luster
- vitreous to dull
- Mineral.streak
- white
- Mineral.density
- 2.84
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- Image
- Variscite-Crandallite-188268.jpg
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- chemical formula
- CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/B.15
- Commons category
- Crandallite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.BL.10
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.BL.10
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cdl
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Crandallite is a calcium aluminium basic phosphate mineral. It has ideal formula . Crandallite was named after Milan L. Crandall Jr, who worked for Knight Syndicate. This mineral is found in laterite and in alteration products of phosphate rich pegmatites.
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