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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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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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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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