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|   |   | Name: Whiteite-(CaMnMg) RRUFF ID: R140770 Ideal Chemistry: CaMn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O Locality: Tip Top mine, Fourmile, Custer District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA Source: Thomas A. Loomis [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light tan with triangular striated faces, associated with deep red roscherite and colorless acicular sprays of tiptopite. Crystals are twinned by a 2-fold rotation around a*. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Jahnsite (7) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R140770 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 14.709(8)Å    b: 6.949(4)Å    c: 9.929(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 108.78(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 960.8(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Whiteite-(CaMnMg) | |
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| 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] | |
| Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 464-467 [view file] | |
| Grice J D, Dunn P J, Ramik R A (1989) Whiteite-(CaMnMg), a new mineral species from the Tip Top pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 699-702 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Grew E S (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 931-937 [view file] | |
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