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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Fransoletite
Formula:Ca3Be2(PO4)2(PO3OH)2 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tiptopiteⓘ6 photos of Fransoletite associated with Tiptopite at this locality.
Roscheriteⓘ4 photos of Fransoletite associated with Roscherite at this locality.
Englishiteⓘ3 photos of Fransoletite associated with Englishite at this locality.
Montgomeryiteⓘ3 photos of Fransoletite associated with Montgomeryite at this locality.
Robertsiteⓘ1 photo of Fransoletite associated with Robertsite at this locality.
Berylⓘ1 photo of Fransoletite associated with Beryl at this locality.
Hurlbutiteⓘ1 photo of Fransoletite associated with Hurlbutite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fransoletite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:58652
Long-form Identifier:1:3:58652:8
GUID (UUID V4):c163455b-15e1-4a91-94a1-a2c068d525e4
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Google seemed to average twelve states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri...Mineral Show¼ committee annexed a chunk of the South to this core and chose to feature sixteen “Midwest”...per state. Four states— Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Arkansas—at the periphery of the area tally...species being described from just one mine, the Tip Top, in South Dakota. (Note: There are no type locality...occurrences in only four Midwestern states: North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kentucky; these might
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Connecticut] at 20:42 14 January 2015 South Dakota is perhaps best known for its pegmatites, which...Hills are responsible for the accessibility of South Dakota’s itbundant and diverse mineral locations...secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hills of South Dakota THOMAS J . C A M P B E L L and WILLARD L . ROBERTS Museum of Geology South Dakota...Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 more comprehensive description of the...occurrences as the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. These occurrences are quite diverse, ranging...of the CusterKeystone area, to the Homestake gold mine in Lead, to golden barite-bearing concretions east...the recently added South Dakota room in the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Parafransoletiteoa new dimorph of fransoletite from the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota ANTHoNY R. Knnrpr Mineralogy...dimorph of fransoletitefrom the Tip Top Pegmatitenear Custer,South Dakota. Cell parametersarea: 7.327(l)...subsequentlyfound to be very similar to that of fransoletite: however, becauseof obvious morphological differencesbetween...differencesbetween this mineral and fransoletite,detailed microprobe and single-crystalX-ray diffraction...showed the mineral to be a triclinic dimorph of fransoletite. The mineral has been named parafransoletite
Report (issue)
7.0606(13) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 3.032 (100), 3.619 (80), 2.595 (60)...28.41 15.21 Total 98.9 100.00 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by Karl...4H2 O. Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with fransoletite. Occurrence: A rare secondary hydrothermal...pegmatite. Association: robertsite. Distribution: USA. Name: Beryl, mitridatite, whitlockite, hurlbutite...englishite, From the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, From the Greek
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
schist matrix from the Murchison greenstone belt, South Africa; 90 × 75 mm. Peter Lyckberg, and published... Be2AlO4. Twinned crystals from the Ratnapura district, Sri Lanka. Photograph of sample R100130 reproduced...Be4Si2O7(OH)2, in pseudohexagonal prisms from the Golconda mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photograph...Ferrotaaffeite-2N’2S Ferrotaaffeite-6N’3S Footemineite Fransoletite Friedrichbeckeite Gadolinite-(Ce) Gadolinite-(Y)...Fershtater et al. (2007) Danalite 2550 Barbara gold mine pegmatites, Coolgardie, Jacobson et al. (2007) Jacobson
Report (issue)
Fransoletite Ca3 Be2 (PO4 )2 (PO3 OH)2 ‱ 4H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal...7.0685(13) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 3.044 (100), 3.47 (90), 3.32 (70)...41 15.21 Total [100.0] 100.00 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, Be by AA,...Distribution: USA. From the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, Name: To...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 149607. References: (1) Peacor, D.R., P.J. Dunn
Journal (issue)
CA Articles Great pockets: the National Belle mine ..................................................Rosemeyer Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South D a k o ta ............................... 255 by N. L. Bennett The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, I ta ly ................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...------------------ 4 the « ♩ » ------- National Belle mine Arthur E. Smith, Jr. 9118 Concho Street Houston
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JnnnnsJ. Nonrou 3612 WonderlandDrive, Rapid City, South Dakota 57702,U.S.A Willard Lincoln Roberts died March...major collections in British museums. He bethe South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in gan his geologiceducation...geologiceducation at Biaritz American UniverRapid City, South Dakota. His wife of four decades,who sity, Biarritz...and paleontology at the South director of the museum in 1974and 1975. Dakota School of Mines. He pursuedan...captivate them becamelegendary. humously by the South Dakota School of Mines and Bill alsogavenumerouslecturesto
Report (issue)
692(2) Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. 2.966 (10), 2.525 (9), 2.348 (7),...3 4.5 6.1 9.9 3.4 Total 98.9 (1) Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA; by electron microprobe, Li and Be...Roscherite, fransoletite, montgomeryite, englishite, beryl, quartz, microcline. Distribution: Dakota, USA. Name:...Name: From the Tip Top mine, about 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South For its first-noted...first-noted occurrence at the Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA. Type Material: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reddish-brown; from near Custer, South Dakota, especially in the T i p Top pegmatite, but also in the...Tinsley (tinsleyite) (right), all from Rapid City, South Dakota. 26 ROCKS AND MINERALS ) 4 4 6 2 In...was born February 12, 1923, in Epworth, Dubuque County, Iowa. At age five he became interested in mineral...Epworth. In 1934, the family moved to Rapid City, South Dakota, which opened up a new world to him with numerous...was a student and gymnastics instructor at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. During the War
Journal (issue)
Articles Type locality minerals of the Black Hills, South Dakota ..............................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...collectors have driven the price up so unconscionably on top-quality pieces that the casual shopper is in danger...Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic...collections meticulously accumulated over many years by top collectors and dealers such as Edward Swoboda, Dave
Journal (issue)
the Geology and Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota with Atlas, Washington. 1879-1880, quarto. pp....used on one other report. where the birds denoted mine villages in a region of Mexico. It predates the...Preliminary Report of Ex­ plorations in Nebraska and Dakota. in the Years 1855-56-57. Washington. 1875. Oc­...Black Hills. and adjacent pans of the Nebraska and Dakota regions was originally as an appendix to the Humphrey...topographic and geographic features from Kansas in the south to the Canadian border on the north. The map extends
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Beryllophosphatechains in the structuresof fransoletite, parafransoletite,and ehrleite and some general...Ber(PO4)reO3OH)r.4HrO dimorphs, fransoletite and parafransoletite,have been solved. The fransoletite structure was refined...and R* : 0.056 for 1174 observed reflections. Fransoletite is monoclinic, p2,/a, with a : 7 3a8Q) A, b...known (Harvey and Meier, 1989). All of these fransoletite and parafransoletitestructures. The presentstudy...ence of the ehrleite beryllophosphatechain in fransoletite and PO, tetrahedra. The O atoms sharedonly betweenBe
Book
(+31) (0)475 561660 Rest of the world: pshire, USA UPNE, Lebanon, New Ham ) .com pne w.u (ww Design...especially in central Africa. Also the contributions of mining organizations, such as Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga...indicates generally a polymorph, for instance fransoletite (monoclinic) and parafransoletite (triclinic)...magnesium silicate was named attapulgite in the USA (after the town Attapulgus, Georgia) and palygorskite...on the web by Materials Data Inc., Livermore, CA, USA (www. materialsdata.com). 2.d. For evident reasons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aggregatesand tabular specimenscollectedfrom old mine dumps. The mineral is weakly grains. Cleavage{30T}is...nameis in honor ofProfessorE. Clar of Vienna.A.P. Fransoletite* D. R. Peacor,P. J. Dunn, W. L. Roberts,T. J...(1983)Fransoletite,a new calcium beryllium phosphatefrom the Tip Top Pegmatite,Custer, South Dakota. Bull...Bull. Min6ral.. 106.49-503. . 4H2O is Fransoletite, ideal composition H2Ca3Bez(pOo)o found as crystal aqgregates(up...to 3 mm in diameter) in the Tip Top Pegmatite near Custer, South Dakota. It is a secondary mineral associatedwith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Gem Museum, P.O. Box 500, Bethel, Maine 04217, USA The 6 th International Symposium on Granitic Pegmatites...calcium uranyl carbonate from the Rabejac uranium mine (LodĂšve, HĂ©rault, France), was named in recognition...calcium and beryllium from the Tip Top pegmatite (Custer County, South Dakota) [Ca3Be2(PO4)2(HPO4)2‱4H2O]...] was named fransoletite in his honor (Peacor et al. 1983). Paul Keller was born in Sarata (Romania)...lead oxychloride mineral from the Kombat mine, Namibia (South West Africa). Mineralogical Magazine 54
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy and paragenesis of pegmatites from San Diego County, California. He will also be remembered for his...(Clockwise from top left) 1. Gene with a gem-quality rubellite specimen from the Pala district, spring 1991...friend George Ashley at Hiriart Mountain, San Diego County, California, 1986. 3. Gene in Jackson, Wyoming...ore bucket at the San Diego Tourmaline Mine, San Diego County, California in 1974. 5. Boris Schmakin...arrest was lifted). 6. Gene at the Little Three Mine, Ramona, California in 1989. 790 SIMMONS AND WEBBER:
Report (issue)
Denver, Colorado 9 ^University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota INTRODUCTION This bibliography...references on geology of the Black Hills in South Dakota and Wyoming. For purposes of this report, the... the area does not include the Bad Lands of South Dakota nor the bulk of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming...included in the bibliography. References for South Dakota are more complete than those for Wyoming. Both...geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming, with a section on Salable commodities
Journal (issue)
the Geology and Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota with Atlas, Washington. 1879-1880, quarto, pp....used on one other report. where the birds denoted mine villages in a region of Mexico. It predates the...Preliminary Report of Ex­ plorations in Nebraska and Dakota. in the Years 1855-56-57. Washington. I 875. Oc­...Black Hills, and adjacent pans of the Nebraska and Dakota regions was originally as an appendix to the Humphrey...topographic and geographic features from Kansas in the south to the Canadian border on the north. The map extends
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni(Hpktsb(OH)olz, a new mineralfrom the Bottino mine, Alpi Apuane,Italy, l30l Boudase,K.V. seeAriskin...Ca-Cu-SOl-HzOmineralfrom the Kalaharimanganese field, South Africa, 1292 Dang, M.-2. seeRancourt,D.G., 34 Daniels...new alkali amphibolefrom the Kajlidongri manganese mine, Jhabuadistrict, MadhyaPradesh,India, ll12 Hazen...: Beryllophosphatechainsin the structuresof fransoletite,parafransoletite,and ehrleiteand some generalcommentson...Parafransoletite, a new dimorph of fransoletite from the Tip Top Pegmatite,Custer,SouthDakota, 843 Kampf, A.R
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
blue spherulitic aggregates at the Arhbar mine, Bou-Azzer district, Morocco. Monoclinic. Optically biaxial...given. Composition Cu2AsO4(OH )- 6H20. Named for the mine. [A.M. 68, 1038.] Arsendeseloizite. P. Keller and...bluish-green crusts and spherules from the Neubulach mining district, Schwarzwald, Germany, are rhombohedral, a...809. Crystals up to 8 mm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito Co., California, are orthorhombic, pseudotetragonal...A black monoclinic mineral from the Kornerupine mine near Lasamba Hill, Kwale dist., S. of Voi, Kenya
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tetrahedra; these compounds form chain structures [fransoletite Ca3Be2(PO4)2(PO3OH)2·4H2O, vÀyrynenite, MnBe(PO4)(OH)]...Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA. Chesnokov, B.V., Lotova, E.V., Nigmatullina, E...Beryllophosphate chains in the structure of fransoletite, parafransoletite, and ehrleite and some general...Parafransoletite, a new dimorph of fransoletite from the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota. American Mineralogist...new phosphate mineral from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. American Mineralogist 38
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa vanadium deposit, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, U.S.A. FeZr(PO4)2-4H20...coloudess to rosy Virgin Canyon complexes, Questa, Tats County, grains and aggregates, up to 5 mm across and New...Nelen, 1991. Neues Jahrb. complex, Questa, Tats County, New Mexico, Min., Mh., 169. As bladed, coloudess...Creek, Black Range district, Catron County and in Willow Spring Draw, Sierra County, New Mexico, U.S.A...(up to 0.5 mm) on quartz at the McAlpine mine, Tuolumne County, California, U.S.A; mcalpineite occurs with
 
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