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Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite from
White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Xanthoxenite2
Robertsite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:210750
Long-form Identifier:1:3:210750:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘEtta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) ⓘBig Chief Mine, Glendale, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘPeerless Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘWood Tin mine, Harney City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘBarker-Ferguson Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
References
Smith, Arthur E., Fritzsch, Eric (2000) SOUTH DAKOTA. Rocks & Minerals, 75 (3) 156-169 doi:10.1080/00357520009605635
 
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