| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
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| Species: | Mangangordonite |
| Formula: | Mn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| Comments: | Fine crystals to around 2mm. Associated with hureaulite, rittmannite, eosphorite, etc. |
| Habit: | Tabular, by analogy to laueite. |
| Colour: | White to colorless. |
| 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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| Kastningite | ⓘ3 photos of Mangangordonite associated with Kastningite at this locality. |
| Laueite | ⓘ1 photo of Mangangordonite associated with Laueite at this locality. |
| Beraunite | ⓘ1 photo of Mangangordonite associated with Beraunite at this locality. |
| Kingsmountite | ⓘ1 photo of Mangangordonite associated with Kingsmountite at this locality. |
| Variscite | ⓘ1 photo of Mangangordonite associated with Variscite at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ1 photo of Mangangordonite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Mangangordonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (19 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 22223 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:22223:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e4dd832d-11ae-4385-8e70-67dc6a032778 |
| References |
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Leavens, P. B., White, J. S., Robinson, G. W., Nelen, J. A. (1991) Mangangordonite, a new phosphate mineral from Kings Mountain, North Carolina and Newry, Maine, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 1991. 169-176 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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 | Atencio, D., Matioli, P. A., Smith, J. B., Chukanov, N. V., Coutinho, J. M.V., Rastsvetaeva, R. K., Mockel, S. (2008) Footemineite, the Mn-analog of atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship with other roscherite-group minerals. American Mineralogist, 93 (1) 1-6 doi:10.2138/am.2008.2469 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship...Santos, SP, Brazil 3 303 Church Street, Belmont, North Carolina 28012-3320, U.S.A. 4 Institute of Problems...ne pegmatite at the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Associated minerals...mineral from Foote mine described as “triclinic roscherite.” The name is for the Foote mine, type locality...Mn-phosphate, crystal structure, atencioite, Foote mine, North Carolina Introduction approved by the IMA-CNMMN |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA