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Kingsmountite R220015

Name: Kingsmountite RRUFF ID: R220015 Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃MnFe²⁺Al₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O Locality: Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Bavaria, Germany Source: Herwig Pelckmans Owner: RRUFF Description: Sprays of clear colorless thin platy crystals Status: unconfirmed
Mineral Group: [ Calcioferrite (6) ]

REFERENCES for Kingsmountite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Dunn P J, Peacor D R, White J S, Ramik R A (1979) Kingsmountite, a new mineral isostructural with montgomeryite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 579-582 [view file]
Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 1274-1280 [view file]
Dunn P J, Roberts W L, Campbell T J, Leavens P B (1983) Red montgomeryite and associated minerals from the Tip Top Pegmatite with notes on kingsmountite and calcioferrite, The Mineralogical Record, 14, 195-197
Grey I E, Kampf A R, Smith J B, Williams T, MacRae C M (2019) The calcioferrite group approved and kingsmountite redefined, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 1007-1014 [view file]