| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O) |
| Habit: | short prismatic |
| Colour: | colorless |
| Luminescent properties: | green |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Optical Analysis |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37273 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37273:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | aa0c9912-4a1c-4674-87d1-dcff099d8a48 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite |
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| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘSequoia pit, Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 19.0km (11.8 miles) | ⓘRedhouse Barite Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 32.4km (20.2 miles) | ⓘGetchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 35.0km (21.8 miles) | ⓘTwin Creeks Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 36.6km (22.7 miles) | ⓘBuffalo Valley mine, Buffalo Valley Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA |
| 41.3km (25.7 miles) | ⓘVista Pit, Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 46.4km (28.8 miles) | ⓘSnowstorm mine (Mountain View mine), North Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA |
| 47.4km (29.4 miles) | ⓘWilson-Independence mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA |
| 76.2km (47.4 miles) | ⓘDee Mine (Boulder Creek Mine), Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA |
| 95.0km (59.0 miles) | ⓘGold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
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 | | Book (edition) | | MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...province prefecture county departement departamento district municipio Saint |  | McCubbin, Francis M., Phillips, Brian L., Adcock, Christopher T., Tait, Kimberly T., Steele, Andrew, Vaughn, John S., Fries, Marc D., Atudorei, Viorel, Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Hausrath, Elisabeth M. (2018) Discreditation of bobdownsite and the establishment of criteria for the identification of minerals with essential monofluorophosphate (PO3F2–) American Mineralogist, 103 (8) 1319-1328 doi:10.2138/am-2018-6440 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89154, U.S.A. 5 Department...compounds containing monofluorophosphate anions as a point of comparison in the identification of minerals...several other localities on Earth (e.g., Tip Top Mine, South Dakota), and it has been reported in martian...us with a sample of bobdownsite from the Tip Top Mine in South Dakota (sample number R070654). Finally...used as the primary standard, and a natural fluorapatite from India (Ap020 from McCubbin et al. 2012) |
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Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA