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


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Pahasapaite, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
07508990017271925719737.jpg
Pahasapaite, etc.

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
09053090017271925775267.jpg
Pahasapaite

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Pahasapaite
Formula:Li8(Ca,Li,K)10.5Be24(PO4)24 · 38H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tiptopite5
Englishite2
Roscherite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pahasapaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8342
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8342:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Van Valkenburg, A., Rynders, G. F. (1958) Synthetic cuspidine. American Mineralogist, 43 (11-12). 1195-1202
Rouse, R. C., Peacor, D. R., Dunn, P. J., Campbell, T. J., Roberts, W. L., Wicks, F. J., Newbury, D. (1987) Pahasapaite, a beryllophosphate zeolite related to synthetic zeolite rho, from the Tip Top pegmatite of South Dakota. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 1987. 433-440
Jambor, John L., Ercit, Ernst A. J. Burke T. Scott, Grice, Joel D. (1988) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 73 (11-12) 1492-1499
 
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