| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Whitlockite |
| Formula: | Ca9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH) |
| Habit: | Rhombs |
| Colour: | Colourless, white, pink and purple. |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Montgomeryite | 50 |
| Robertsite | 27 |
| Hydroxylapatite | 12 |
| Mitridatite | 9 |
| Fairfieldite | 7 |
| Microcline | 6 |
| Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) | 5 |
| Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) | 4 |
| Roscherite | 4 |
| Quartz | 4 |
| Calcioferrite | 3 |
| Englishite | 3 |
| Albite | 3 |
| Fluorapatite | 3 |
| Jahnsite Group | 3 |
| Pararobertsite | 3 |
| Wardite | 2 |
| Cryptomelane | 2 |
| Jahnsite Subgroup | 2 |
| Hurlbutite | 1 |
| Fransoletite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Whitlockite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (24 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 557883 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:557883:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Whitlockite |
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| 9.6km (6.0 miles) | ⓘWhite Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| 10.8km (6.7 miles) | ⓘBull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
| References |
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Tait, K. T.; Barkley, M. C.; Thompson, R. M.; Origlieri, M. J.; Evans, S. H.; Prewitt, C. T.; Yang, H. (2011) Bobdownsite, a new mineral species from Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada, and its structural relationship with whitlockite-type compounds. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (4). 1065-1078 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.4.1065 |
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Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA