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Fairfieldite from
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA


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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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Fairfieldite

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Fairfieldite
Formula:Ca2Mn2+(PO4)2 · 2H2O
Comments:The known diversity, quality and quantity of this species soared after its recognition at the Foote Mine, which remains - although not the type locality - the word's premier locality for fairfieldite.
Habit:Diverse - tabular, prismatic, spheroids, equant, flowers (bladed hemispheres)
Colour:Cream, beige, white, pinkish, golden, tan, colorless.
Luminescent properties:Unobserved.
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorapatite15
Quartz10
Albite6
Holmquistite2
Bavenite1
Rhodochrosite1
Phosphophyllite1
Apatite1
Bikitaite1
Siderite1
Pyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fairfieldite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (86 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5087
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5087:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fairfieldite
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘLCA Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘBessemer City operations (Hallman Mine; Hallman-Beam Mine; Bessemer operations; Lithium Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
References
Brannock, K.C. (1967) Rocks and Minerals: June: 403-406.
White, John S. (1969) A lithiophosphate occurrence in North Carolina. American Mineralogist, 54 (9-10). p.1467-1469.
Horton, J. Wright Jr., Butler, J. Robert, Milton, Daniel M. - Eds. (1981) Geological Investigations of the Kings Mountain Belt and Adjacent Areas in the Carolinas. Field Trip Guidebook. Carolina Geological Societypp.39-48
Hanahan, Jack (1985) The Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, North Carolina: Revisited, 1984. Rocks & Minerals, 60 (2) 76-82 doi:10.1080/00357529.1985.11764378
Mills, Stuart J., Grey, Ian E., Kampf, Anthony R., MaCrae, Colin M., Smith, Jason B., Davidson, Cameron J., Glenn, A. Matt (2016) Ferraioloite, MgMn2+4(Fe2+0.5Al3+0.5)4Zn4(PO4)8(OH)4(H2O)20, a new secondary phosphate mineral from the Foote mine, USA. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (3) 655-661 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2525
 
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