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|   |   | Name: Farringtonite RRUFF ID: R130127 Ideal Chemistry: Mg3(PO4)2 Locality: Springwater meteorite, Springwater, Canada Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow transparent fragment, embedded in a polished epoxy mount Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. | 
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| REFERENCES for Farringtonite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] | |
| DuFresne E R, Roy S K (1961) A new phosphate mineral from the Springwater pallasite, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 24, 198-205 | |
| Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 1513-1520 [view file] | |
| International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] | |
| Nord A G, Kierkegaard P (1968) The crystal structure of Mg3(PO4)2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 1466-1474 | |
| Fuchs L H, Osen E, Gebert E (1973) New X-ray and compositional data for farringtonite, Mg3(PO4)2, American Mineralogist, 58, 949-951 [view file] | |
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