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


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Rockbridgeite, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
08278330017339893441041.jpg
Rockbridgeite, etc.

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
02660870017364756763524.jpg
Rockbridgeite, etc.

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

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Rockbridgeite
Formula:(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe33+(PO4)3(OH)5
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Triphylite10
Leucophosphite7
Hureaulite7
Heterosite3
Robertsite2
Todorokite2
Muscovite2
Mitridatite2
Jahnsite Subgroup2
Laueite1
Tavorite1
Barbosalite1
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)1
Jahnsite Group1
Frondelite1
Vivianite1
Ushkovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rockbridgeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:136819
Long-form Identifier:1:3:136819:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rockbridgeite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘRainbow No. 4 Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘSoda Spar Pegmatite, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘBeecher No. 2 (Longview Mine), Beecher Lode, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘTin Queen Mine (White Blowout Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘEtta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘBig Chief Mine, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
References
Rocks & Minerals: 60: 117.
Roberts, Willard L., Campbell, Thomas J. (1986) Phosphate Minerals from the Tip Top Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota. The Mineralogical Record, 17 (4) 237-254
 
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