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|   |   | Name: Earlshannonite RRUFF ID: R100095 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O Locality: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, North Carolina Source: [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange to brown spherical aggregates on matrix Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Arthurite (7) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100095.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.922(5)Å    b: 9.657(5)Å    c: 5.455(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 94.12(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 521.3(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Earlshannonite | |
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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] | |
| Peacor D R, Dunn P J, Simmons W B (1984) Earlshannonite, the Mn analogue of whitmoreite, from North Carolina, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 471-474 [view file] | |
| Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 871-881 [view file] | |
| Grey I E, Keck E, Macrae C M, Glenn A M, Mumme W G, Kampf A R, Cashion J D (2018) Secondary Zn-bearing phosphate minerals associated with alteration of phosphophyllite at Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1007-1020 | |
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