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


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Roscherite, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Roscherite
Formula:Ca2Mn52+Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Englishite
Montgomeryite
Tiptopite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tiptopite46
Montgomeryite40
Englishite25
Beryl15
Hurlbutite12
Mitridatite10
Fairfieldite9
Robertsite8
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)8
Fransoletite6
Whitlockite4
Eosphorite3
Ehrleite3
DufrÃĐnite2
Pahasapaite2
Quartz1
Jahnsite Subgroup1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Roscherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43511
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43511:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Rocks & Minerals: 79: 342.
Campbell, Thomas J., Roberts, Willard L. (1985) Mineral Localities in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Rocks & Minerals, 60 (3) 109-118 doi:10.1080/00357529.1985.11764385p.117
 
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