Minerals reported as a Aluminum-rich "white to yellowish Slime" as a coating on streambed rocks.(Beech Flats Prong) Reported as Amorphous aluminum sulfate. No collecting allowed Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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ⓘ Felsőbányaite ?

ⓘ Hydrobasaluminite ?

2 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Felsőbányaite ?

Formula: Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 4H₂O

References:

Hammarstrom,Jane M.Seal II,Robert R.Meier,Allen L. and Jackson,John C.(2003)Weathering of Sulfidic Shale and Copper Mine Waste:Secondary Minerals and Metal Cycling in Great Smoky Mountains National Park,Tennessee,and North Carolina,USA,US Geological Survey, pg #53

ⓘ Hydrobasaluminite ?

Formula: Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 12-36H₂O

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Felsőbányaite ?	7.DD.05	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 4H₂O
ⓘ	Hydrobasaluminite ?	7.DE.60	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 12-36H₂O

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Felsőbányaite	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 4H₂O
H	ⓘ Hydrobasaluminite	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 12-36H₂O
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Felsőbányaite	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 4H₂O
O	ⓘ Hydrobasaluminite	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 12-36H₂O
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Felsőbányaite	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 4H₂O
Al	ⓘ Hydrobasaluminite	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 12-36H₂O
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Felsőbányaite	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 4H₂O
S	ⓘ Hydrobasaluminite	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ · 12-36H₂O

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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North America PlateTectonic Plate

Great Smoky Mountains Rift BasinBasin
Laurentides DomainPassive Margin

USA

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