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


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Fransoletite, etc.

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Fransoletite, etc.

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Fransoletite, etc.

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Fransoletite, etc.

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Fransoletite, etc.

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Fransoletite, etc.

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Fransoletite, etc.

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Fransoletite, etc.

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Fransoletite, etc.

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Fransoletite
Formula:Ca3Be2(PO4)2(PO3OH)2 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tiptopite9
Roscherite6
Montgomeryite4
Englishite3
Hurlbutite2
Robertsite1
Whitlockite1
Beryl1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fransoletite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (14 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:58652
Long-form Identifier:1:3:58652:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Rocks & Minerals: 60: 117.
Peacor, Donald R., Dunn, Pete J., Roberts, Willard Lincoln, Campbell, Thomas J., Newbury, Dale E. (1983) Fransoletite, a new calcium beryllium phosphate from the Tip Top pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota. Bulletin de Minéralogie, 106 (5) 499-503 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1983.7729
 
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