Editing Wardite (section)

==Occurrence==
It occurs with [[variscite]] in phosphate nodules and occurs uncommonly in [[pegmatite]]s and phosphate deposits through alteration of [[amblygonite]]. 

Wardite is a rare mineral, which has been found in approximately 70 locations worldwide, but generally on a microscopic scale, with only a few occurrences of significant specimens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wardite. Mindat |url=https://www.mindat.org/min-4242.html}}</ref> The finest specimens, boasting crystals up to 4 cm in size, originate from Rapid Creek and the Big Fish River in the Dawson mining district, Alaska (USA).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Robinson, G. W., Van Velthuizen, J, Ansell, H. G. y Sturman, B.D |title=Mineralogy of the Rapid Creek and Big Fish River Area, Yukon Territory |journal=The Mineralogical Record |volume=23 |pages=1–47}}</ref> Good quality specimens, measuring up to 1 cm, have also been discovered in Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In Spain, it appears in the form of crystals up to 1 cm found in cavities within montebrasite at the Tita mine in Golpejas, Salamanca.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Calvo |first=Miguel |title=Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. VII. Fosfatos, Arseniatos y Vanadatos |publisher=Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid. Fundación Gómez Pardo |year=2015 |location=Madrid, Spain |publication-date=2015 |pages=385 |language=es |trans-title=Minerals and Mines of Spain. Vol. VII. Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates}}</ref>