| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
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| Species: | Metaswitzerite |
| Formula: | Mn32+(PO4)2 · 4H2O |
| Comments: | Pink to brown bundles of tabular xls. Looses moisture rapidly and over the years the crystals delaminate. Crystals up to 6mm. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Vivianite | 3 |
| Albite | 1 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| Eucryptite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Metaswitzerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (35 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 7610 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:7610:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| References |
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Mills, Stuart J., Grey, Ian E., Kampf, Anthony R., MaCrae, Colin M., Smith, Jason B., Davidson, Cameron J., Glenn, A. Matt (2016) Ferraioloite, MgMn2+4(Fe2+0.5Al3+0.5)4Zn4(PO4)8(OH)4(H2O)20, a new secondary phosphate mineral from the Foote mine, USA. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (3) 655-661 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2525 |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA