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


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Tiptopite, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Tiptopite
Formula:K2(Na,Ca)2Li3Be6(PO4)6(OH)2 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Roscherite46
Montgomeryite38
Englishite25
Beryl13
Hurlbutite12
Fransoletite9
Fairfieldite7
Pahasapaite5
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)5
Robertsite3
Mitridatite1
Jahnsite Subgroup1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tiptopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (41 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:58658
Long-form Identifier:1:3:58658:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Grice, Joel D., Peacor, Donald R., Robinson, George W., Van Velthuizen, Jerry, Roberts, Willard L., Campbell, Thomas J., Dunn, Pete J. (1985) Tiptopite (Li,K,Na,Ca,◻)8Be6(PO4)6(OH)4, a new mineral species from the Black Hills, South Dakota. The Canadian Mineralogist, 23 (1) 43-46
 
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