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Lewistonite

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Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA
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System:	Hexagonal	Hardness:	5
Name:	After the locality at Lewiston, Utah, USA, which is located near the Fairfield, Utah phosphate deposit.
Synonym of:	Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Discredited in 1978.

Originally reported from Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA.

References for Lewistonite
Reference List: - +	Larsen and Shannon (1930) American Mineralogist: 15: 326. McConnell (1938) American Mineralogist: 23: 1. 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.: 903-904. Dunn, P.J. (1978): Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 282.
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