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| Colour: | Gray to lavender (lilac) ... | ||
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| Name: | After the Greek letter "Delta" since the characteristic triangular cross-section of its "crystals" resemble that character. | ||
| A Mixture Of: | Apatite-(CaOH), Crandallite | ||
A mixture. A hydrous phosphate of calcium and aluminium. A constituent of Variscite nodules. Shown to be a mixture of Crandallite and Hydroxylapatite. Originally reported from Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA. | |||
Classification of Deltaite | ||||||
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Physical Properties of Deltaite | ||||||
| Colour: | Gray to lavender (lilac) and light blue, canary-yellow; colourless in transmitted light. | |||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||
References for Deltaite | ||||||
| Reference List: | Larsen and Shannon (1930) American Mineralogist: 15: 321. Larsen, E.S. (1942) American Mineralogist: 27: 288. Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 837-838. | |||||
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Localities for Deltaite | ||||||
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