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wardite

phosphate mineral
Class type of: wardite mineral group Q407913

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
wardite mineral group[4]
Chemical formula
NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O[3]
Crystal system
tetragonal crystal system[5]
Described by source
Wardite: a new hydrous basic phosphate of alumina[13]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Wd[15]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[6]
Mohs' hardness
+5.0[12]
Named after
Henry Augustus Ward[2]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
8.DL.10[11]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
8.DL.10[10]
Space group
space group P4₁2₁2, space group P4₃2₁2[7][8]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VII/D.13[9]
Type locality (geology)
Clay canyon, Fairfield[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en wardite de Wardit es Wardita pl Wardyt zh 水磷鋁鈉石 zh 水磷铝钠石
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wardite.jpg ↗
Dana 8th edition
42.7.8.2
Freebase ID
/m/047k_p
Kivid.info ID
1884
Topic's main category
Category:Wardite
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Wardite"]

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Crystal system 1
tetragonal crystal system
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Summary

wardite is a mineral species[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Wardite: a new hydrous basic phosphate of alumina. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Wardite: a new hydrous basic phosphate of alumina. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Mineral", "Wardite"]
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'it', 'pl']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Mineral", "Wardite"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53877076|wardite (#53877076)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  2. 9w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+5.0'}
    Described by source → Wardite: a new hydrous basic phosphate of alumina
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → mineral species
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Mohs' hardness: 5.0, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270249|batch #270249]]"
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