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Zinnwaldite from
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Zinnwaldite' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:This mineral does not occur within the body of the pegmatite, but it is present in the country rock along the contact zone associated with holmquistite. The mineral appears as brown flakes of easily-visible size resembling phlogopite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zinnwaldite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:69258
Long-form Identifier:1:3:69258:2
GUID (UUID V4):01f64436-5efc-43e0-ad7e-5ab307b14c43
References
Wilson, W.F., McKenzie, B.J. (1978) Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina. Information Circular 24. North Carolina Division of Mineral Resources p.50
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Pohwat, Paul W. (2013) Connoisseur's Choice: Muscovite, Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 88 (6) 552-562 doi:10.1080/00357529.2013.826092
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...magnesium, manganese, ferric and ferrous iron, lithium, chromium, vanadium, and titanium. Fluorine and...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...in tin-tungsten deposits (such as the Panasquiera mine) and is a constituent of granite, aplite, gneiss...from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the specimens
 
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