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Macfallite from
Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Macfallite
Formula:Ca2Mn33+(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)3
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteā“˜18 photos of Macfallite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Orientiteā“˜13 photos of Macfallite associated with Orientite at this locality.
Brauniteā“˜9 photos of Macfallite associated with Braunite at this locality.
RanciĆ©iteā“˜1 photo of Macfallite associated with RanciĆ©ite at this locality.
Pyrolusiteā“˜1 photo of Macfallite associated with Pyrolusite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Macfallite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (31 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7208
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7208:3
GUID (UUID V4):6df38a9d-ea7d-41d8-910d-c6a943bb7e4d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Calumet, Michigan 49913 tajmahal@gilanet.com History and Mineralogy of the Manganese Mine Keweenaw County...County Michigan Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University...Houghton. He now spends a good part of the year in the Copper Country researching and writing articles about...articles on the mines and minerals of Michiganā€™s Copper Country Downloaded by [Lakehead University] at...ocated in the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan are two small manganese oxide deposits that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C ollectorā€™s Note THE STATE OF MICHIGAN Downloaded by [Northeastern University] at 12:45 28 February...minerals in the altered [Michigan] copper lodes for the Calumet and Hecla Copper Mining Company, noted a...Find Manganese-rich Pumpellyite From the Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan 548... See also Palache and Vassar (1925). In 1973, Michigan adopted the compact, massive green variety of...commonly referred to in Michigan as ā€œIsle Figure 1. Map of Michiganā€™s Keweenaw Peninsula showing the location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2 5 - 3 1 MacFallite and orientite" calcium manganese (III) silicates from upper Michigan PAUL B. MOORE...Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 6o637, USA SYNOPSIS SUMMARY. MacFallite, Ca2(Mna+,A1)3(OH)3[SiO4] [Si207]...and lenses in Keweenaw basalt near Manganese Lake, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It is rich...similar to the great manganese oxide deposits in Oriente Province, Cuba. Macfallite appears to be structurally...Copyright the Mineralogical Society 326 P. MACFALLITE AND ORIENTITE: MOORE E T AL. B, frc~ the oriente
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pages 1851ā€“1857, 2008 Crystal chemistry of macfallite: Relationships to sursassite and pumpellyite...absTraCT The crystal chemistry of macfallite from Keweenaw County, Michigan was studied using electron microprobe...structural OH groups. The crystal structure of macfallite [a = 8.959(3), b = 6.072(2), c = 10.218(4) ƅ...there are three main hydroxyl groups occurring in macfallite, the exact number depends on the concentration...necessary to maintain charge balance. Keywords: Macfallite, pumpellyite, sursassite, Mn silicates, hydrous
Report (issue)
Ca2Mn3+ 3 (SiO4 )(Si2 O7)(OH)3 Macfallite c 2001 Ā° Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...c = 8.970(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA. 2.70 (100), 4.76 (90), 1.588 (85),...Total 99.94 [100.00] [2.49] 3+ (1) Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA; corresponds to (Ca 1:93 Mn 2+ 0:05...in ĀÆssures and in lenses in basalt (Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA); replacing braunite under low-temperature...Manganite, braunite, orientite, pyrolusite (Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA); braunite, quartz, manganoan richterite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Friends of Mineralogy includes eight states (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin...Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio), consistent with the U.S. Census Bureau...just over one hundred per state. Four statesā€” Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Arkansasā€”at the...phosphate species being described from just one mine, the Tip Top, in South Dakota. (Note: There are...tellurobismuthite found along with gold in northern Michigan). Alternately, globally abundant species might
Report (issue)
reddish brown, chocolate-brown when enclosing manganese oxides. Streak: Brown. Luster: Resinous, semimetallic;...130(7) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA. 9.448 (100), 4.740 (100), 3.026 (45)...recalculated for total Mn as Mn2 O 3 : (2) Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA; average of three analyses, by electron...(OH)4 with total Mn as Mn2 O 3: Occurrence: In manganese orebodies in latite and andesite tuĀ®s, agglomerates...calcite in ĀÆssures and lenses in basalt (Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA). Association: Todorokite, manganite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tetragonal spinelloid mineral from the Gozaisho mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Mineral. J. (Tokyo)...The mineral occurs in the Mn ores of the Gozaisho mine. Iwaki. Japan, associated with rhodonite, quartz...a longlasting passion for the minerals of the Keweenaw Peninsula. A. P. Magnesiocarpholite Bruno Gofe...Al2o3 Fe2O3 FeO MacFallite* P. B. Moore, J. Ito and I. M. Steele (1979) MacFallite and orient'ite: calcium...calcium manganese (III) silicates from upper Michigan. Mineral. Mag., 43, 325-331. Mgo MnO CaO Na2O
Book
Mineralogy of Michigan by E. W. Heinrich updated and revised ā€¢ by George W. Robinson M By E W~ Hellnr]ch...Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 2004 Ā© MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN 3 FOREWORD...FOREWORD Michigan has a long and varied geologic history that includes repeated episodes of volcanism...before the first Europeans set foot here. When Michigan became a state in 1837, one of the first actions...and we continue to learn more about them today. Michigan minerals helped to build the state and nation
Journal (issue)
Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University........................... 215 by S. G. Bywater Copper Country microminerals............................Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Topaz-Mineral Exploration (1605 Hillcrest, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417) wishes to announce that he is now stocking
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Michigan Mineralogy: A LOCALITY INDEX TOM MORRIS, JR. 4553 Shenandoah Allen Park, Michigan 48101 Tom...occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...compiling this information was The Mineralogy of Michigan (Heinrich, 1976), which should be consulted by...locality labeling of Michigan specimens. It should be pointed out that the list of Michigan mineral localities...NoneĀ­ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MacFall RUSSELL PATTERSON MacFALL (1903 ā€¢ ) Macfallite, C a ( M n , A l ) ( O H ) ( S i 0 ) ( S i 0...r H a r b o r , K e w e e n a w C o u n t y , Michigan. 2 3 + 3 3 4 2 7 The mineral was named...passion for the minerals of the Keweenaw Peninsula in upper Michigan makes a new species from that area...fitting to be named macfallite." MacFall also was involved in finding some of the manganese minerals with which...the best private collections of minerals from the copper deposits o f Michigan's Northern Peninsula. Currently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
principles and crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite Pe,ul B. Moonn, JrNcnue,u SuBNI...spacegroupC2lm,Z:2,R:0.084for1546 independe-nt Fo; macfallite,CazIr,tnS*(OH)3[SiO4Si2O7], monoclinic,a : 10...compounds are very infrequently encountered. Ruizite, macfallite, orientite, lawsonite, sursassite,ardennite,pumpellyite...in t7l MOORE ET AL: STRUCTURES OF RUIZITE, MACFALLITE AND ORIENTITE t72 Table l. Crystal-chemicalcharactersofthe...sheet. MOORE ET AL: STRUCTURES OF RT]IZITE, MACFALLITE AND ORIENTITE r73 Fig. 2a. sheetof 3[Mrf]hToq))
Journal (issue)
with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The ā€œCopper Kingā€ The MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY L. W i l s o n New Mexico...t a n l e y J. D y l II Seaman Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University % 1992 T h e M in e...COVER: Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard...Burbank) wrote the classic work on the copper deposits of Michigan in 1929. Photo by Wendell E. Wilson.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,...Germany (Deutschland) Clara mine, Black Forest, cuprotungstite, 448 Friedrich mine, hauchecornite, 875 Hagendorf
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
193; anal. by, 195 Aureole of Nahant Gabbro, Mass., USA, chemical mineralogy of, anal., paragenesis, metamorphism...D.), see MATTHEWS (A.), 405 BENNETT (J. N.) and GRANT (J. N.), Analysis of fluid inclusions using a pulsed...BEVAN (J. C.), and MALLINSON (L. G.), Zinc- and manganese-bearing chromites and associated grossular from...), Georgeite, a new amorphous copper carbonate from the Carr Boyd Mine, Western Australia, 97 BRINDLEY...WILLIAMS (S. A.), Apachite and gilalite, two new copper silicates from Christmas, Arizona, 639 Chalk, Kent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence. Moreover, sursassite and iso-structural macfallite were also categorized as structurally related...sites in epidote, pumpellyite, sursassite and macfallite and their effect on the structural variations;...occurring in the pumpellyite, sursassite and macfallite structures. A model of the structural relationship...relationship among pumpellyite, sursassite, macfallite and epidote is proposed from a new stand point. Keywords:...Keywords: Epidote, Pumpellyite, Sursassite, Macfallite, Hydrogen-bond, Topology INTRODUCTION Under low-grade
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DOI 10.1007/s00710-016-0425-7 ORIGINAL PAPER Manganese mineralization in andesites of Brestovačka Banja...Bor metallogenic zone including numerous porphyry-copper and epithermal deposits. Two main volcanic phases...second volcanic phase of Turonian-Campanian age. Manganese mineralization containing 58 % MnO on average...which is contemporaneous with the manganese mineralization. Manganese mineralization predominantly consists...consists of Mn-Ca silicates (macfallite, pumpellyite-Mn, orientite, bustamite) and Mn oxides (pyrolusite
Journal (issue)
Mineralization of the Four Peaks Amethyst Deposit, Maricopa County, Arizona......................... 72 by Jack Lowell...described years ago by Charles Wheatly of Wheatly mine fame, who was manĀ­ ager at both the Perkiomen and...that is listed, but as a mineral at the Gap Nickel Mine. Gap is a miniature Sudbury, and platinum and platinum...I found this mineral in a Piedmont silver-lead-copper-zinc deposit in Northern Virginia a few years ago...still collectable at the old Gap nickel mine in Lancaster county, Pa. The minerals are found in the pyrrhotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemical formula. Sursassite, isostructural with macfallite CazMn3[(OH)3(SiO4)(Si207)], is closely related...interrupted lamellae are found. Introduction The rare manganese and aluminum silicate sursassite was generally...Occurrences of this mineral were reported from the manganese mineralization of Graubtinden, Switzerland (Miiller...lowered to 0.17 only by artificial splitting of the manganese cations into two half-occupied adjacent positions...All and A13 were not positively defined, some manganese substitition in these sites was considered and
Book
History Museum specimen is from Terlingua, Texas, USA, and was used for the determination of the mineral's...description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM...00135 Green River Fonnation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA A. Pabst, P.A. Estep, E.J. Dwornik, R.B. Finkelman... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrogen-bond systems in sursassite and isostructural macfallite are different. The FTIR spectrum in the region...bond, infrared spectroscopy, crystal structure, macfallite, pumpellyite iNTroducTioN Silicate minerals...descriptions of isostructural sursassite and macfallite, as well as of pumpellyite, ardennite, and lawsonite...compositional relationships between sursassite and macfallite, including the nature of their hydrogen bonding...(Heinrich 1962; Freed 1964); (3) metamorphic manganese deposit at Kamisugai in the Sambagawa metamorphic
Journal (issue)
Tel. 022 796 6862 , e-mail: bmge@bluewin.ch USA-Michigan : 9-11 October 2009 , Greater Detroit Gem,Mineral... Info: Carol Werner 3401 Briar Hill Hartland, Michigan 48353 , e-mail : briarhillwerner@comcast.net ...PALEONTOLOGY , MINERALOGY : Some of your best contacts : USA : Fossil News, Journal of Avocational Paleontology...Clos, Editor, 1185 Claremont Dr., Boulder, Colorado USA 80303-6601 - http://www.fossilnews.com Paleontologia...Site : http://www.acd.ufrj.br/geologia/sbp/sbp.htm USA: Fossil Sites : http://home.att.net/~e.j.swearengin/fossils
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
poppiite, Vā€“analogue of pumpellyite, from the Komatsu mine, Saitama Prefecture, Japan Mariko NAGASHIMA*, Takashi...mineral, from the Komatsu mine, Saitama Prefecture, Japan and from the Gambatesa mine, Genova, Italy (type...deļ¬ned by Brigatti et al. (2006) from the Gambatesa mine, Genova, Italy. The obtained structural formula...occurrence was recently reported from the Komatsu mine, Saitama Prefecture, Japan (Yamada et al., 2014)...the crystal structure of poppiite from the Komatsu mine in order to demonstrate the relationship between
Catalog/List
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