Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Wardite is a hydrous sodium aluminium phosphate hydroxide mineral with formula: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2(H2O). Wardite is of interest for its rare crystallography. It crystallizes in the tetragonal trapezohedral class and is one of only a few minerals in that class. Wardite forms vitreous green to bluish green to white to colorless crystals masses and fibrous encrustations. It has a Mohs hardness of 5 and a specific gravity of 2.81–2.87.
