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Montgomeryite from
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Montgomeryite
Formula:Ca4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 12H2O
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Whitlockite50
Roscherite40
Tiptopite38
Englishite33
Robertsite29
Mitridatite17
Fairfieldite15
Beryl12
Microcline10
Hurlbutite7
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)5
Fransoletite4
Todorokite4
Albite3
Dufrénite2
Jahnsite Group1
Kingsmountite1
Messelite1
Fluorapatite1
Parafransoletite1
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montgomeryite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (87 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43512
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43512:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Montgomeryite
9.6km (6.0 miles) White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) Etta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) Wharf Mine, Bald Mountain Mining District (Portland Mining District), Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
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