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Fransoletite & Robertsite

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Fransoletite & Robertsite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer County, South Dakota, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm
Description

White tabular crystals of rare fransoletite scattered on more points, stand out on a crystalline carpet of brown-greenish robertsite that cover one face of the matrix. The Tip Top mine is the type and only locality known for fransoletite. Very good and rare specimen.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fransoletite

Formula: 
Ca3Be2(PO4)2(HPO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

Robertsite

Formula: 
Ca3Mn3+4(PO4)3O2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.30
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Red-brown
Type Locality: 
Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

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