| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
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| Species: | Lithiomarsturite |
| Formula: | LiCaMn3Si5O14(OH) |
| Comments: | "Each vug examined is lined with euhedral white albite crystals, upon which have grown transparent prismatic fluorapatite crystals, usually pale violet in color, and pyrite in simple cubes. Sprays of bavenite occur commonly, either in clusters of delicate. Also associated with brannockite, tetrawickmanite, and stannian titanite. |
| Habit: | rhombic; also as "slightly divergent crystal bundles with irregular terminations" |
| Colour: | "sherry," with very light color in terminations and edges. |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Fluorapatite | ⓘ2 photos of Lithiomarsturite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality. |
| Tetrawickmanite | ⓘ1 photo of Lithiomarsturite associated with Tetrawickmanite at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ1 photo of Lithiomarsturite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Parsettensite | ⓘ1 photo of Lithiomarsturite associated with Parsettensite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Lithiomarsturite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (12 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 22222 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:22222:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 688981d5-ac23-4b9d-a1cf-758e56dac677 |
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Peacor, D.R., Dunn, P.J., White, J.S., Grice, J.D., Chi, P.H. (1990) Lithiomarsturite, a new member of the pyroxenoid group, from North Carolina. American Mineralogist: 75: 409-414. |
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 | Atencio, D., Matioli, P. A., Smith, J. B., Chukanov, N. V., Coutinho, J. M.V., Rastsvetaeva, R. K., Mockel, S. (2008) Footemineite, the Mn-analog of atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship with other roscherite-group minerals. American Mineralogist, 93 (1) 1-6 doi:10.2138/am.2008.2469 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship...Santos, SP, Brazil 3 303 Church Street, Belmont, North Carolina 28012-3320, U.S.A. 4 Institute of Problems...ne pegmatite at the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Associated minerals...mineral from Foote mine described as “triclinic roscherite.” The name is for the Foote mine, type locality...Mn-phosphate, crystal structure, atencioite, Foote mine, North Carolina Introduction approved by the IMA-CNMMN |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA