Rockbridgeite
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About Rockbridgeite
Formula:
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
Colour:
Dark green, olive-green, brown, yellow-brown, greenish black, black
Lustre:
Sub-Vitreous, Resinous, Waxy, Greasy, Silky
Hardness:
3½ - 4½
Specific Gravity:
3.45 - 3.6
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Member of:
Name:
Named in 1949 by Clifford Frondel for the type locality at the Midvale Mine, South Mountain, Midvale, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA.
Isostructural with:
Rockbridgeite Group. Frondelite-Rockbridgeite Series.
The Fe2+-analogue of frondelite and plimerite.
A secondary mineral resulting from the alteration of primary phosphates.
Visually similar to dufrénite and natrodufrénite.
Compare chemically very similar ferrorockbridgeite.
The Fe2+-analogue of frondelite and plimerite.
A secondary mineral resulting from the alteration of primary phosphates.
Visually similar to dufrénite and natrodufrénite.
Compare chemically very similar ferrorockbridgeite.
Classification of Rockbridgeite
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
7/B.10-10
8.BC.10
8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
C : With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 1:1 and < 2:1
8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
C : With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 1:1 and < 2:1
41.9.2.1
41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
9 : (AB)5(XO4)3Zq
41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
9 : (AB)5(XO4)3Zq
19.12.16
19 : Phosphates
12 : Phosphates of Mn
19 : Phosphates
12 : Phosphates of Mn
Pronounciation of Rockbridgeite
Pronounciation:
Play | Recorded by | Country |
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Jolyon & Katya Ralph | United Kingdom |
Physical Properties of Rockbridgeite
Sub-Vitreous, Resinous, Waxy, Greasy, Silky
Transparency:
Translucent, Opaque
Comment:
The cruss-sections of botryoids is radially fibrous
Colour:
Dark green, olive-green, brown, yellow-brown, greenish black, black
Comment:
Commonly exhibits colour banding. May be bronze-brown or reddish brown when oxidized.
Streak:
Gray green, pale brown
Hardness:
3½ - 4½ on Mohs scale
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
Very Good
On {100}, excellent; on {010}, good; on {001}, fair.
On {100}, excellent; on {010}, good; on {001}, fair.
Fracture:
Irregular/Uneven
Density:
3.45 - 3.6 g/cm3 (Measured) 3.60 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Rockbridgeite
Type:
Biaxial (+)
RI values:
nα = 1.873 - 1.875 nβ = 1.880 nγ = 1.895 - 1.897
2V:
Measured: 45°
Birefringence:
0.022
Max Birefringence:
δ = 0.022

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.
and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:
Very High
Dispersion:
r < v, or r>v very strong
Pleochroism:
Visible
Comments:
X = Light brown to light yellow-brown
Y = Bluish green
Z = Dark bluish green
Y = Bluish green
Z = Dark bluish green
Chemical Properties of Rockbridgeite
Formula:
Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5
IMA Formula:
(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Rockbridgeite
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):
mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Cell Parameters:
a = 13.783 Å, b = 16.805 Å, c = 5.172 Å
Ratio:
a:b:c = 0.82 : 1 : 0.308
Unit Cell V:
1,197.96 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
4
Morphology:
Euhedral crystals rare. Typically fibrous, elongated along [001]; compact radiating in crusts, botryoidal and drusy masses.
Comment:
Bbmm
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0000198 | Rockbridgeite | Moore P B (1970) Crystal chemistry of the basic iron phosphates American Mineralogist 55 135-169 | ![]() | 1970 | 0 | 293 |
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Radiation - Copper Kα
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Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacing | Intensity |
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6.87 Å | (40) |
4.842 Å | (50) |
4.630 Å | (40) |
3.573 Å | (50) |
3.196 Å | (100) |
2.409 Å | (50) |
1.5890 Å | (50) |
Geological Environment
Geological Setting:
Also rarely found in limonite iron ore deposits.
Type Occurrence of Rockbridgeite
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - #80600.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
granite pegmatite
Synonyms of Rockbridgeite
Other Language Names for Rockbridgeite
Relationship of Rockbridgeite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of this group:
Ferrirockbridgeite | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O) | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Ferrorockbridgeite | (Fe2+,Mn2+)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O) | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Frondelite | Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. 2 2 2 : C2 2 21 |
Plimerite | ZnFe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Forms a series with:
Common Associates
Barbosalite | Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 |
Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
Hureaulite | Mn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2 · 4H2O |
Jahnsite Group | XM1M22M32(H2O)8(OH)2(PO4)4 |
Laueite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
Limonite | Currently used for unidentified massive hydroxides and oxides of iron, with no visible crystals, and a yellow-brown ... |
Roscherite | Ca2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
Siderite | FeCO3 |
Stewartite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
Strunzite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O |
Triphylite | LiFe2+PO4 |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
113 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Strengite | FePO4 · 2H2O |
95 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Hureaulite | Mn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2 · 4H2O |
52 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Phosphosiderite | FePO4 · 2H2O |
38 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Strunzite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O |
34 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Cacoxenite | Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O |
32 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Beraunite | Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O |
28 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Correianevesite | Fe2+Mn2+2(PO4)2 · 3H2O |
25 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Triphylite | LiFe2+PO4 |
23 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Kidwellite | NaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11 · 3H2O, x = 0.33 |
21 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Stewartite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
8.BC.05 | Angelellite | Fe3+4(AsO4)2O3 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
8.BC.10 | Frondelite | Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. 2 2 2 : C2 2 21 |
8.BC.10 | Plimerite | ZnFe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
8.BC.15 | Aerugite | Ni8.5(AsO4)2As5+O8 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)
41.9.2.2 | Frondelite | Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. 2 2 2 : C2 2 21 |
41.9.2.3 | Plimerite | ZnFe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
19.12.1 | Metaswitzerite | Mn2+3(PO4)2 · 4H2O | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
19.12.2 | Bermanite | Mn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
19.12.3 | Natrophilite | NaMn2+PO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmna |
19.12.4 | Sidorenkite | Na3Mn2+(CO3)(PO4) | Mon. |
19.12.5 | Niahite | (NH4)(Mn2+,Mg)(PO4) · H2O | Orth. mm2 : Pmn21 |
19.12.6 | Robertsite | Ca2Mn3+3(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O | Mon. m : Bb |
19.12.7 | Pararobertsite | Ca2Mn3+3(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.8 | Sinkankasite | Mn2+Al(PO3OH)2(OH) · 6H2O | Tric. |
19.12.9 | Mangangordonite | Mn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O | Tric. |
19.12.10 | Heterosite | (Fe3+,Mn3+)PO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmna |
19.12.11 | Purpurite | Mn3+(PO4) | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmna |
19.12.12 | Wolfeite | Fe2+2(PO4)(OH) | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.13 | Triploidite | Mn2+2(PO4)(OH) | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
19.12.14 | Lipscombite | Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 | Tet. |
19.12.15 | Frondelite | Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 | Orth. 2 2 2 : C2 2 21 |
19.12.17 | Kryzhanovskite | (Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3 | Orth. |
19.12.18 | Landesite | Mn2+3-xFe3+x(PO4)2(OH)x · (3-x)H2O | Orth. |
19.12.19 | Phosphoferrite | (Fe2+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2 · 3H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmna |
19.12.20 | Reddingite | (Mn2+,Fe2+)3(PO4)2 · 3H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmna |
19.12.21 | Earlshannonite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O | Mon. |
19.12.22 | Hureaulite | Mn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2 · 4H2O | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
19.12.23 | Switzerite | Mn2+3(PO4)2 · 7H2O | Mon. |
19.12.24 | Laueite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
19.12.25 | Pseudolaueite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.26 | Strunzite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
19.12.27 | Stewartite | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
19.12.28 | Alluaudite | (Na,Ca)Mn2+(Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2(PO4)3 | Mon. |
19.12.29 | Ferroalluaudite | (Na,Ca)Fe2+(Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)3 | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
19.12.30 | Fillowite | Na3CaMn2+11(PO4)9 | Trig. 3 : R3 |
19.12.31 | Johnsomervilleite | Na3CaFe11(PO4)9 | Trig. |
19.12.32 | Wicksite | NaCa2(Fe2+,Mn2+)4MgFe3+(PO4)6 · 2H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
19.12.33 | Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) | (KNa)(Mn2+◻)Ca(Na2Na)Mn2+13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH)2 | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
19.12.34 | Sarcopside | (Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)3(PO4)2 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.35 | Ludlamite | Fe2+3(PO4)2 · 4H2O | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.36 | Graftonite | Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.37 | Wilhelmvierlingite | CaMnFe3+(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O | Orth. |
19.12.38 | Fairfieldite | Ca2Mn2+(PO4)2 · 2H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
19.12.39 | Beusite | Mn2+Mn2+2 (PO4)2 | Mon. |
19.12.40 | Messelite | Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2 · 2H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
19.12.41 | Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) | {Ca}{Mn2+}{Fe2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
19.12.42 | Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) | {Ca}{Mn2+}{Mn2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
19.12.43 | Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) | {Ca}{Mn2+}{(Mg,Fe2+)2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
19.12.44 | Keckite | CaMn2+(Fe3+Mn2+)Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3 · 7H2O | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
19.12.45 | Stanfieldite | Ca4Mg5(PO4)6 | Mon. |
19.12.46 | Laubmannite | ||
19.12.47 | Zodacite | Ca4Mn2+Fe3+4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 12H2O | Mon. |
19.12.48 | Hagendorfite | NaCaMn2+Fe2+2(PO4)3 | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
19.12.49 | Maghagendorfite | (Na,◻)MgMn2+(Fe2+,Fe3+)2(PO4)3 | Mon. |
19.12.50 | Varulite | NaCaMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)3 | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
19.12.51 | Griphite | Na4Li2Ca6(Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)19Al8(PO4)24(F,OH)8 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
19.12.52 | Attakolite | CaMn2+Al4(SiO3OH)(PO4)3(OH)4 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
19.12.53 | Arrojadite-(KFe) | (KNa)(Fe2+◻)Ca(Na2◻)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2 | Mon. |
19.12.54 | Lun'okite | (Mn,Ca)(Mg,Fe,Mn)Al(PO4)2OH · 4H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbca |
19.12.55 | Eosphorite | Mn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmca |
19.12.56 | Ernstite | (Mn2+,Fe3+)Al(PO4)(OH,O)2 · H2O | Mon. |
19.12.57 | Childrenite | Fe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O | Orth. mm2 : Ccc2 |
19.12.58 | Bobfergusonite | Na2Mn5FeAl(PO4)6 | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
19.12.59 | Qingheiite | NaMn3+Mg(Al,Fe3+)(PO4)3 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.60 | Whiteite-(CaFeMg) | {Ca}{(Fe2+,Mn2+)}{Mg2}{Al2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.61 | Whiteite-(CaMnMg) | {Ca}{Mn2+}{Mg2}{Al2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O | Mon. 2/m |
19.12.62 | Whiteite-(MnFeMg) | {(Mn2+,Ca)}{(Fe2+,Mn2+)}{Mg2}{Al2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
19.12.63 | Rittmannite | {(Mn2+,Ca)}{Mn2+}{(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2}{(Al,Fe3+)2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O | Mon. |
19.12.64 | Zanazziite | Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
19.12.65 | Samuelsonite | (Ca,Ba)Ca8Fe2+2Mn2+2Al2(PO4)10(OH)2 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
Fluorescence of Rockbridgeite
Not fluorescent in UV
Other Information
Notes:
Soluble in HCl, but not in HNO3 or H2SO4.
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Rockbridgeite
Reference List:
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Massie (1880) Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, London: 42: 181.
Massie, F.A. (1880) On the composition of dufrenite from Rockbridgeite Co., Va. Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, London: 42: 181.
Campbell, J.L. (1881) On dufrenite from Rockbridgeite Co., Va. American Journal of Science: 22: 65–67.
Frondel, C. (1949) The dufrenite problem. American Mineralogist: 34: 513-540.
Lindberg, M.L. (1949) Frondelite and the frondelite-rockbridgeite series. American Mineralogist: 34: 541-549.
Palache, C., Berman, H., and Frondel, C. (1951) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 867-869.
Kingsbury, A.W.G. (1957) Rockbridgeite from Cornwall and Devon. Mineralogical Magazine: 31: 236, 429-430.
Moore, P.B. (1969) The basic ferric phosphates: a crystallochemical principle. Science: 164: 1063–1064.
Moore, P.B. (1970) Crystal chemistry of the basic iron phosphates. American Mineralogist: 55: 135–169.
Redhammer, G.J., Roth, G., Tippelt, G., Bernroider, M., Lottermoser, W., Amthauer, G., and Hochleitner, R. (2006) Manganoan rockbridgeite: structure analysis and 57 Mössbauer spectroscopy. Acta Crystalographica: C62: i24-i28.
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Localities for Rockbridgeite
Locality List




All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Argentina | |
| Dina, H. (1993). Hentschelita en Cerro Blanco, Tanti, Córdoba. Informacion Tecnologica, 48(3-4), 277-282. |
Demartin F, Gay H D, Gramaccioli C M, Pilati T (1997) Benyacarite, a new titanium-bearing phosphate mineral species from Cerro Blanco, Argentina. The Canadian Mineralogist 35, 707-712 | |
| Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2006) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina, Vol. 2, p 428 (Asociación Mineralógica Argentina) |
| Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina); Galliski, M. A. (1983). Distrito minero El Quemado, Deptos. La Poma y Cachi, provincia de Salta. II. Geología de sus pegmatitas. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argentina, 38, 340-380. |
| Roda-Robles, E., Galliski, M. A., Roquet, M. B., Hatert, F., & de Paeseval, P. (2012). Phosphate nodules containing two distinct assemblages in the Cema granitic pegmatite, San Luis province, Argentina: Paragenesis, composition and significance. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50(4), 913-931. |
Australia | |
| Birch, W.D., van der Heyden, A. (1997) Minerals of the Kintore and Block 14 open cuts at Broken Hill, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 3(1): 23-71. |
| Birch, W.D., van der Heyden, A. (1997) Minerals of the Kintore and Block 14 open cuts at Broken Hill NSW. Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 3: 23-71. |
| Johnston, C.W . & Hill, R.J. (1978): Zinc phosphates at Reaphook Hill South Australia. Mineralogical Record 9,(1), 20-24 |
| Harrowfield, I.R., Segnit, E.R., Watts, J.A. (1981) Aldermanite, a new magnesium aluminium phosphate. Mineralogical Magazine, 44:333, 59-62. |
| Peter Elliott |
| Australian Journal of Mineralogy, Vol.3, N°2, Dec.1997 |
Australian Journal of Mineralogy, Vol.3, N°2, Dec.1997 | |
| W.D.Birch. Phosphate Minerals of Victoria. The Mineralogical Society of Victoria special publication No. 3 pp. 28-32 |
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| Eagle, R. M., Birch, W. D., & McKnight, S. (2015). Phosphate minerals in granitic pegmatites from the Mount Wills District, north-eastern Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 127(2), 55-68. |
| Birch, W. D. (2018) Rare phosphate minerals in granite pegmatite dykes, northeastern Victoria, Australia. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 238 |
Eagle, R. M., Birch, W. D., & McKnight, S. (2015). Phosphate minerals in granitic pegmatites from the Mount Wills District, north-eastern Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 127(2), 55-68.; Birch, W. D. (2018) Rare phosphate minerals in granite pegmatite dykes, northeastern Victoria, Australia. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 238 | |
Personally collected by Ryan Eagle in 2009 | |
| W. D. Birch and D. A. Henry in Phosphate Minerals of Victoria, p.83-90. |
| W.D.Birch 1996. Portlandite and other recent mineral discoveries in the granites at Lake Boga, and Wycheproof and Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Australian Journal of Mineralogy Vol.2 No.2 Dec. 1996, pp. 47-50 |
| Gole, M. (1980) Mineralogy and petrology of very-low metamorphic grade Archaean banded iron formations, Weld Range, Western Australia. American Mineralogist, 65(1-2), 8-25. |
| Peter Downes, WA Museum; Peter Downes, Benjamin Grguric, Margot Willing, Geoff Deacon, Michael Verrall (2018) Variscite and associated phosphate minerals from the Mt Deverell variscite deposits, Milgun Station, Gascoyne region, Western Australia. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 319 |
| Pegmatites of Western Australia; M Jacobson, M Calderwood, B Grguric; Hesperian Press, 2007 Perth |
Austria | |
| Niedermayr, G. & Brandstätter, F. (2005) |
| Aufschluss 1972(SB), 40-41 |
Belgium | |
| Van Tassel R. (1981) Mineralogie van België - korte mededelingen, bijeengebracht door UMIBEL - Whitmoreiet, rockbridgeiet, vivianiet, bariet. Bulletin van de Belgische Vereniging voor Geologie, 90(2), 105-106.; Van Tassel, R. (1981) Rockbridgéite, vivianite, whitmoréite et barite, Blaton. Bulletin de la Société belge de Géologie, 90, 105.; Israël, W. (1986) De fosfaatmineralen van Blaton (Henegouwen, België). Gea, 2(19), 51-56.; Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique. 2ème édition, Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, 304 pages (in French).; http://users.skynet.be/rik.dillen/festr.htm https://www.strahlen.org/vp/be/blaton/blaton.php http://perso.infonie.be/jose.dehove/photos/Blaton.htm |
Bolivia | |
| Kay Robertson collection |
Brazil | |
| Queiroz, H. D. A. (2016) Sistema granítico: pegmatítico Mata Azul: caracterização e gênese. PhD Thesis. do Instituto de Geociências (IG) da Universidade de Brasília (UnB) |
| Dunn, P.J., Leavens, P.B., Sturman, B.D.,Gaines, R.V. & Barbosa, C. d. P. (1978): Hureaulite and Barbosalite from Lavra do Criminoso, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record. 9: 147-151 |
| Cassedanne, J.P., Cassedanne, J.O. (1982) Presence de legrandite dans une pegmatite de Minas Gerais, Bresil. The Canadian Mineralogist: 20(1): 87-89.; Bermanec, V., Scholz, R., Marković, F., Gobac, Ž. Ž., & Chaves, M. L. D. S. C. (2011) Mineralogy of the Boa Vista pegmatite, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 5th international symposium on granitic pegmatites, PEG 2011. |
Sergio Varvello | |
Mineralogical Record 24: 384-385 | |
Van King; Scholz R, Chukanov N V, Menezes L A D, Atencio D, Lagoeiro L, Belotti F M, Chaves M L S C, Romano A W, Brandão P R, Belakovskiy D I, Pekov I (2014) Césarferreiraite, Fe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)28·H2O, from Eduardo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Second arsenate in the laueite mineral group. American Mineralogist 99, 607-611 | |
Baijot, M., Hatert, F., Dal Rio, F. & Philipo, S. (2014) Mineralogy and petrography of phosphate mineral association from the Jocão pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Canadian Mineralogist 52, 373-397.; Jonathan Barre Ardizzi, Daniel Atencio (2018) Mineralogy of rockbridgeite - frondelite series and its phosphate association from the Jocão pegmatite, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 494 | |
| fabreminerals specimen |
A. M. I. Martins collection | |
| [MinRec 12:69] |
| AmMin 89:1087 |
Cassedanne, J.P. & Baptista, A. (1999): Famous Mineral Localities: The Sapucaia Pegmatite Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 30: 347-360 + 365 | |
| www.minsocam.org/MSA/Special/Pig/PIG_best_shots/Pegmatites_shots.html. |
Sergio Varvello collection | |
| Min Rec (1973) 4 (5), 207-213 |
| Van King |
| Sergio Varvello collection |
Chile | |
| Cesar Menor-Salvan collection; - Wegner, R. (1982): El Laco/Chile. Lavaströme aus Eisenerz. LAPIS 7 (5), 15-18 |
Czech Republic | |
| Povondra, P., Pivec, E. (eds.) et al.: Přibyslavice peraluminuous granite. Acta universitatis carolinae, Geologica, 1987, no. 3, s . 183 – 283. |
| Sejkora, J., Škoda, R., Ondruš, P., Beran, P. & Susser, C. (2006): Mineralogy of phosphate accumulations in the Huber stock, Krásno ore district, Slavkovský les area, Czech Republic. Journal of the Czech Geological Society 51, 103-147. |
Sejkora, J., Skoda, R., & Ondrus, P. (2006). New naturally occurring mineral phases from the Krásno-Horní Slavkov area, western Bohemia, Czech Republic. Journal of GEOsciences, 51(1-2), 159-187. | |
| Jirásek J. et al. (2016): Fosfáty a doprovodné minerály z živcového lomu Vysoký kámen u Krásna, Česká republika. Bulletin mineralogicko-petrologického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 80-94. |
| Škoda, R., Rus, P.: Revize dufrenitu z Poniklé. Minerál, 2010, roč. 18, č. 2, s. 119-123. |
| Čech F., Staněk J., Dávidová Š. (1981): Minerály pegmatitů. - in: Bernard J.H. [ed.]: Mineralogie Československa. Academia, Praha. |
| Staněk, J.: Parageneze minerálů pegmatitových žil z Hatí u Dolních Borů na západní Moravě. Acta Mus. Moraviae, Sci. nat., vol. 76, pages 19-49. |
Staněk, J.: Asociace minerálů významnějších pegmatitových žil v Hatích u Dolních Borů na západní Moravě. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae naturales, 1997, roč. 82, 3-19. | |
DR Congo | |
| Thoreau, J. (1957) Sur un mineral de la famille des "Dufrenites" dans la pegmatite de Kobokobo (Congo Belge). Acad. royale Belg., Bull. class sci.: 43: 705-710.; Fleischer, M. (1958) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 43: 790-798 (795). |
Finland | |
| Teertsra David K., Lahti Seppo I., Alviola Reijo, Cerny Petr. 1993. Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 368, 39 s. |
| Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 314 |
France | |
| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jeldemine/listes%20mineraux.html |
| Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 868. |
| Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 702. |
| Inventaire Minéralogique de la France Ariège T.2 éditions BRGM |
| Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1974, 97, p. 523. |
Inventaire mineralogique de l'Ariege (Editions BRGM 1984) | |
| Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1974, 97, p. 522. |
| Berbain,C., Riley, T., Favreau, G., (2012): Phosphates des pegmatites du massif des Albères (Pyrénées-Orientales). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs. 117, 121-172 |
| Berbain, C., Favreau, G. & Aymar, J. (2005): Mines et minéraux des Pyrénées-Orientales et des Corbières, Association Française de Microminéralogie Ed., 135-137. |
Berbain, C., Favreau, G. & Aymar, J. (2005): Mines et minéraux des Pyrénées-Orientales et des Corbières, Association Française de Microminéralogie Ed., 137. | |
BERBAIN. C, RILEY. T, FAVREAU. G, (2012). Phosphates des pegmatites du massif des Albères. Ed Association française de Microminéralogie, | |
| BERBAIN. C, RILEY. T, FAVREAU. G, (2012) Phosphates des pegmatites du massif des Albères. Ed Association Française de Microminéralogie |
| Favreau, G., Bernadi, G. & Gayraud, L. (2013): Fumade (Tarn): descriptions complémentaires des espèces minérales. Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, 119, 3-25. |
Germany | |
| Walenta, K. (1992): Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 336 pp. (in German) |
| Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990 |
| Stanjek, H. (1983): Auerbach/Oberpfalz. Phosphatmineralien aus der Grube Leonie. Lapis 8 (3), 9-18; 42. (in German) |
| Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990 |
| Lapis, 10 (4), 13-17. |
| Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 868.; Dill, H.G., Weber, B. (2009), Pleystein-City on Pegmatite, 4th International Symposium on Granitic Pegmatites, Recife, Brazil. |
DILL, H.G., MELCHER, F., GERDES, A. and WEBER, B. (2008): The origin and zoning of hypogene and supergene Fe-Mn-Mg-Sc-U-REE-Zn phosphate mineralization from the newly discovered Trutzhofmühle aplite (Hagendorf pegmatite province, Germany). Canadian Mineralogist 46, 1131-1157.; Dill, H. G., Melcher, F., Gerdes, A., & Weber, B. (2008). The origin and zoning of hypogene and supergene Fe–Mn–Mg–Sc–U–REE phosphate mineralization from the newly discovered Trutzhofmühle aplite, Hagendorf pegmatite province, Germany. The Canadian Mineralogist, 46(5), 1131-1157. | |
| Dill, H.G. (2009) The Hagendorf-Pleystein phosphate pegmatites (NE Bavaria, Germany) - A mineralogical, chronological and sedimentological overview. Estudos Geológicos: 19(2): 117-120.; http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/caresite.pdf http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/carlhintzeite.pdf; Dill, H. G., Škoda, R., & Weber, B. (2011). Preliminary results of a newly-discovered lazulite–scorzalite pegmatite–aplite in the Hagendorf-Pleystein Pegmatite Province, SE Germany. Asociación Geológica Argentina, Serie D, Publicación Especial, (14), 79-81. |
Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990; Dill H.G.: "Mineralogical and chemical composition of the Hagendorf-North Pegmatite, SE Germany - a monographic study", J. Min. Geochem, 2013 | |
Grey, I.E., Macrae, C.M., Keck, E., Birch, W.D. (2012) Aluminium-bearing strunzite derived from jahnsite at the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Germany. Mineralogical Magazine: 76(5): 1165-1174. | |
| Harald G. Dill and Radek Skoda (2015) The new Nb–P aplite at Reinhardsrieth: A keystone in the lateral and depth zonations of the Hagendorf–Pleystein Pegmatite Field, SE Germany. Ore Geology Reviews 70:208–227. |
Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001; Dill, H. G., Weber, B., Gerdes, A., & Melcher, F. (2008). The Fe-Mn phosphate apliteSilbergrube'near Waidhaus, Germany: epithermal phosphate mineralization in the Hagendorf-Pleystein pegmatite province. Mineralogical Magazine, 72(5), 1119-1144. | |
| Weiss, S. (1990) Mineralfundstellen Atlas, Deutschland West. Weise Verlag, München, 320 pages. |
| http://www.vfmg-weiden.de/min.htm |
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| Weber, B. (2013): Die Mineralien des Amphibolit-Steinbruchs Muglhof/Ödenthal bei Weiden in der Oberpfalz. Aufschluss 64, 268-281. |
| in the collection of Christof Schäfer |
| Weiss, S. (1990) Mineralfundstellen Atlas, Deutschland West. Weise Verlag, München, 320 pages. |
| Blaß, G. (2002): Eine neue Phosphatmineralien-Paragenese von der Grube Mark bei Essershausen, mittleres Lahngebiet, Taunus. Mineralien-Welt, 13 (6), 18-43. (in German) |
| S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990 |
| Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001 |
| Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001; Henrich, M. (2008): Neues von der Grube Eisenzecher Zug. Mineralien-Welt 19 (5), 16-25. |
| D. Pawlowski: "Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland", Weise (Munich), 1991 |
| Weiss: "Mineralienfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990 |
| Hucko, S. (2010): Phosphatparagenesen auf Brauneisensteingängen am Windhahn. Mineralien-Welt 21 (2), 14-25. |
| Hucko, S. (2010): Phosphatparagenesen auf Brauneisensteingängen am Windhahn. Mineralien-Welt 21 (2), 14-25. |
| Habel, B. (2011): Rockbridgeit und Mitridatit von der ehemaligen Grube Virneberg. Mineralien-Welt. 22 (2): 37 |
| Witzke, T. & Giesler, T. (2013): Seltene Phosphate und Vanadate von Emmerichswalde bei Görlitz/Sachsen. Mineralien-Welt 24 (2), 40-55 |
| Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001 |
Italy | |
| VIGNOLA, P., & DIELLA, V. (2007). Phosphates from Piona granitic pegmatites (Central Southern Alps, Italy). Granitic Pegmatites: the State of the Art. Book of Abstr.(T. Martins & R. Vieira, eds.). Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Geologia, Memórias, 8, 102-103. |
Vignola P., Fransolet A.-M., Guastoni A., Appiani R. (2011): Le pegmatiti di Piona. Recenti studi sui filoni Malpensata, Luna e Sommafiume. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 35, 1, 30-38. | |
| Vignola P., Diella V., Ferrari E.S., Fransolet A.-M. (2011): Complex mechanisms of alteration in a graftonite + sacropside+ triphylite association from the Luna pegmatite, Piona, Lecco Province, Italy. Can. Mineral., 49, 765-776. |
Japan | |
| S. Matsubara (2000) Vivianite nodules and secondary phosphates in Pliocene-Pleistocene clay deposits from Hime-shima, Oita Prefecture and Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Western Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo), 33. |
Ganko-Gakkai Koen-Yoshi (Abstracts of the Meetings of Japanese Association of Mineralogists...) (in japanese) 40 (1995) | |
Yamada, S. (2004) Nihonsan-koubutsu Gojuon-hairetsu Sanchi-ichiranhyou (111 pp.) | |
| Matsubara, S. & Kato, A. (1980) Koubutsugaku Zasshi, 14, 269-286. |
Kazakhstan | |
| Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow |
| Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow |
Liberia | |
| Axelrod, J.M., Carron, M.K., Milton, Charles, and Thayer, T.P. (1952) Phosphate mineralization at Bomi Hill and Bambuta, Liberia, West Africa. American Mineralogist, 37, 883-909. |
Madagascar | |
| Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 57 |
| Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 57-58 |
| Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 57-58 |
Morocco | |
| Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data; FRANSOLET, A.-M. (1974) Les phosphates lithiques des pegmatites de la plaine des Zenaga (Anti-Atlas, Maroc). Notes Serv. géol. Maroc, 35, 137-143 |
| Favreau, G. (2012): Deux pegmatites à phosphates de Sidi Bou Othmane (Maroc). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, 3-2012, 71-109. |
Favreau, G. (2012): Deux pegmatites à phosphates de Sidi Bou Othmane (Maroc). Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, 3-2012, 71-109 | |
Namibia | |
| Von Bezing, L., Bode, R., and Jahn, S., (2008) Namibia Minerals and Localities. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag GmbH, Haltern. 409 (in English). |
| Förch, M. (1998): Röntgenographische, chemische und optische Untersuchungen an pegmatitischen Fe-Mn-Phosphaten und deren Genese. Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, 135 pp. (in German). |
| P. Keller and O. von Knorring, Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 567-593. |
New Zealand | |
| Stott, F. (pers. notes) Minerals Associated with Phosphate Nodules, Tadmer Dry Weather Road Locality/Micromounting Seminar-Nelson. Both collector articles downloaded to Otago Rock and Minerals Club website (Phosphate nodules were studied by the club, however it is uncertain the level of scientific investigation) |
Norway | |
| Larsen, K.E. & Nordrum, F.S. (2013): Noen funn av mineraler i Norge 2012-2013. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 50, 111-117; Kristiansen, R. (2014): Nye mineralfunn fra Herrebøkasa, Aspedammen, Østfold. Stein- 41 (3),30-33 |
Portugal | |
| Keck, E., Witzke, T., Pöllmann, H. & Friese, K. (1998): Benyacarit aus ostbayerischen und portugiesischen Pegmatiten. Aufschluss 49, 281-285.; Pedro Alves collection |
| Pedro Alves collection. Characterized by p-XRD and EDS |
| Schnorrer-Köhler (1991), Mineral Occurrences. |
Pedro Alves collection | |
| |
| Self-collected by Pedro Alves. |
| PROSPEG – Projecto de prospecção, análise distanciada e detecção remota de pegmatitos; Sinergeo, Lda. e Universidade do Minho (2013) |
| Pedro Alves collection |
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| BELLO, A. d'O. (1909-1913) Mineraux portugais. Bull. Soc. Portugaise Sci. Nat., 2, 272-280; 4, 68-78; 6, 90-103; Mineral samples in the Collection of the IST (Instituto Superior Técnico); Pedro Alves, collection and in situ observations. |
| personal find by Pedro Alves. |
| Neves, J. M. C. (1960): Pegmatitos com fosfatos de Moreira (Vila Pouca de Aguiar). “Estudos Notas e Trabalhos” do S.F.M., vol. XIV, fascs. 3-4, 257-270. |
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Mineralien Atlas | |
| Pedro Alves collection and analytical data. |
| Rui Nunes collection |
| Correia Neves, J.M. (1962), Pegmatito da Região da Venturinha (Penalva do Castelo, Viseu), Memórias e Noticias do Museu e Laboratório Mineralógico e Geológico da Universidade de Coimbra, vol. 54, 1962: 1-135. |
| Pedro Alves collection and analytical data |
| Identified in Rebentão Mine |
| self-find, Pedro Alves collection |
| Correia Neves, J.M. (1966) Cyrilovite, fosfosiderite, rockbridgeite, e outros minerais dos pegmatitos de Vermilhas, Vouzela, Portugal. Estudos Gerais Universitários. - Vol. 3, nº 6 , 41-60. |
Rwanda | |
| Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium Collection, # 9914 |
| Daltry, V.D.C. and von Knorring, O. (1998) Type-mineralogy of Rwanda with particular reference to the Buranga pegmatite. Geologica Belgica: 1: 9-15. |
South Africa | |
| Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, PO Box 44283, Linden 2104, South Africa. |
Spain | |
| Roda, E., Fontán, F., Pesquera, A., & Keller, P. (2001). Phosphate mineral associations of the Aldehuela de la Bóveda, Li-Sn-Nb+-Tb bearing pegmatite, Salamanca, Spain: . In Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21 st Century. Proceedings of the Joint sixth Biennial SGA-SEG Meeting (pp. 477-480). |
| Encarnación Roda-Robles, Alfonso Pesquera (2007) Locality no. 4: The Phosphates-Rich Cañada Pegmatite (Aldehuela de La Bóveda, Salamanca, Spain) in ALEXANDRE LIMA & ENCARNACIÓN RODA ROBLES ed (2007) GRANITIC PEGMATITES: THE STATE OF THE ART - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK. MEMÓRIAS N. º 9, UNIV. DO PORTO, FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS, DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOLOGIA pp 67-72. |
Roda-Robles, E., Vieira, R., Pesquera, A., & Lima, A. (2010). Chemical variations and significance of phosphates from the Fregeneda-Almendra pegmatite field, Central Iberian Zone (Spain and Portugal). Mineralogy and Petrology, 100(1-2), 23-34. | |
| Robles, E. R., Fontan, F., Pesquera Pérez, A., & Keller, P. (1998). The Fe-Mn phosphate associations from the Pinilla de Fermoselle pegmatite, Zamora, Spain: occurrence of kryzhanovskite and natrodufrénite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 155-168. |
| Garate-Olave I, Roda-Robles M E, Gil-Crespo P, Pesquera A (2014) Fe, Mg and Mn distribution among tourmaline, micas and phosphates from the Tres Arroyos granitic pegmatites (Central Iberian Zone, Badajoz, Spain). 21 st meeting of the International Mineralogical Association. p 265 |
| Antonio Barahona Ortiz collection |
| Calvo, M. (2015): Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. VII, Fosfatos, arseniatos y vanadatos. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid - Fundación Gómez Pardo. 479 pp. |
| Calvo, M. (2015): Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. VII, Fosfatos, arseniatos y vanadatos. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid - Fundación Gómez Pardo. 479 pp. |
Sweden | |
| Bjällerud, C-G. (1989): Phospate minerals from the Leveäniemi Iron Mine, Svappavaara, Sweden. Mineralogical Record. 20(5):343-346; Augsten, R. (2009): Lapis 34 (1): 20-23. |
| Gustafson, Lars.(1989): Norrö glimmerbrott.Stuffen (Medlemsblad för Södertörn Amatörgeologiska Sällskap). Nr 39, nov 1989, 8-12; Gustafsson, Lars & Otter, Bertil (1991): Mineralförekomster i Stockholmstrakten.Del 2. STEIN 18(4),4-12 |
Switzerland | |
| Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 196, 350. |
UK | |
| Goley, P. and Williams R. (1995) Cornish Mineral Reference Manual. Endsleigh Publications |
Kingsbury, A.W.G. (1957) Rockbridgeite from Cornwall and Devon. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 31, n° 236, 429-430. | |
| Golley, P., and Williams, R. (1995): Cornish Mineral Reference Manual. Endsleigh Publications (Truro), 104 pp. |
| [J.Russel Soc 1998:15; Goley, P. and Williams R. (1995) Cornish Mineral Reference Manual. Endsleigh Publications |
| Kingsbury, A.W.G. (MS1) (1953 or later) Investigation of the minerals of the Lake District, especially the Caldbeck area, in collaboration with J. Hartley. List of minerals found by us at many localities 1947-.; Young, B. (1987) Glossary of the minerals of the Lake District and adjoining areas. British Geological Survey, Newcastle upon Tyne, 104 pp.; Cooper, M.P. and Stanley, C.J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District: Caldbeck Fells. Natural History Museum Publications, London, 160 pp. (referring to Kingsbury, 1953 and Young, 1987). |
Cooper, M.P. and Stanley, C.J. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: Pyromorphite Group Minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Mineralogical Record, 22(2), 105-121. | |
| Alysson Rowan Collection |
| Kingsbury, A.W.G. (1957) Rockbridgeite from Cornwall and Devon. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 31, n° 236, 429-430. |
[Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London] | |
| Livingstone, A. (1980) Johnsomervilleite, a New Transition-Metal Phosphate Mineral from the Loch Quoich Area, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 43, n° 331, p. 833-836.; Livingstone, A. and Macpherson, H.G. (1983) Fifth supplementary list of British minerals (Scottish). Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 47, n° 342, p. 99-105. |
USA | |
| Rocks & Min 70:5 pp 320-333; Barwood, H. & Hajek, B. (1978): Notes of Some New Occurences in Alabama. Mineralogical Record. 9: 388-391 |
Rocks & Min.: 58:57-62. | |
| Barwood, H. & Hajek, B. (1978): Notes of Some New Occurences in Alabama. Mineralogical Record. 9: 388-391; Min.Rec.:20(5):361. |
Mineralogy of Alabama Geol Surv Ala. Bull 120 | |
Rocks & Min 70:5 pp 320-333 | |
| Rocks & Min 70:5 pp 320-333 |
Rocks & Minerals: 70(5): 320-333. | |
| Chris Bryant.; Rocks & Min. (2007) 82:235-236 |
| Mineralogy of Alabama Geol Surv Ala. Bull 120 |
| R&M 70:3 pp 154-170 |
| Rocks and Minerals, (1988) 63:104-125 |
| Rocks and Minerals, (1988) 63:104-125 |
No reference listed | |
Rocks & Min.:64:297-298. | |
Am Min 51:1811-1814 | |
Rocks and Minerals, (1988) 63:104-125 | |
| Smith, Jnr. A.E. (2016) Arkansas Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 63(2), 120. |
| Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B. |
| Januzzi, Ronald E. and David Seaman. (1976): Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut. |
| Januzzi (1976) p.234-5. |
| Marc V. Hurst (2012) Central Florida Phosphate District. Southeastern Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook No. 57 |
| Denicourt, R., Micromounters of New England program, NE meeting program, May 1984; Marc V. Hurst (2012) Central Florida Phosphate District. Southeastern Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook No. 57 |
| Marc V. Hurst (2012) Central Florida Phosphate District. Southeastern Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook No. 57 |
Marc V. Hurst (2012) Central Florida Phosphate District. Southeastern Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook No. 57 | |
| Jason Smith & M.E. Ciriotti (2005) [m.ciriotti@tin.it] |
| King, V. T. and Foord, E. E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, Descriptive Mineralogy, volume 1, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, USA, pp. 418 + 88 plates. |
| Thompson, W.B., et,al., 2000, Rocks & Minerals, vol. 75, no. 6, pgs 408-418; Mineral News (2000) 16:1 pp1,4,5 |
| Mineral News (1995) 11:2 pp1,2,5; Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., Webber, K. L., Dallaire, D. A., Nizamoff, J. W., & Sprague, R. A. (2019). The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94(6), 498-519. |
| King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1; King, V. (ed.), 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 2. |
King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, volume 1 and 2, with updates by Van King. | |
King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1; King, V. (ed), 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 2. | |
King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1; King, V. (ed), 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 2 | |
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| No reference listed |
Tim Blake, Lookout Mine Owner | |
King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, Vol.1, p.264. | |
| Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 868. |
| Harvard Mineralogical Museum |
| Silver Coin Mine. Compact Disc. Paul Adams |
| Rocks & Minerals (2005) 80:242-261 New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index |
Januzzi, R.E. and Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities Of Connecticut and Southern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. ; American Mineralogist 50:1698–1707 | |
| P. Cristofono, T. Mortimer, J.W. Nizamoff, A. Wilken, and R. Wilken (2011) The 38th Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, April 14-17, 2011, lecture abstracts, page 17-18. |
| Rocks & Minerals (2005) 80:242-261 New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index |
| Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 868.; Rocks & Minerals (2005) 80:242-261 New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index |
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 868, 977.; Am. Min. 50 (1965), 713-717; NIZAMOFF, James W., SIMMONS, William B., and FALSTER, Alexander U. (2004) PHOSPHATE MINERALOGY AND PARAGENESIS OF THE PALERMO #2 PEGMATITE, NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 115 ; Kampf, A. R., Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., & Whitmore, R. W. (2013). Nizamoffite, Mn2+ Zn2 (PO4) 2 (H2O) 4, the Mn analogue of hopeite from the Palermo No. 1 pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire. American Mineralogist, 98(10), 1893-1898. | |
Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004: The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.96. | |
Rocks & Min., May 1999.; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 115; NIZAMOFF, J. W. (2004, November). Phosphate mineralogy and paragenesis of the Palermo# 2 pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire. In 2004 Denver Annual Meeting. | |
| Rocks & Min.:64:504.; Rocks & Minerals 80:4 pp234-241 |
| Rocks & Minerals (2005) 80:242-261 New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index |
| Henderson, Wm. A. (1980): Mullica Hill, New Jersey. Mineralogical Record 11, 307-311 |
Locality description: "[...] all the minerals given for Mullica Hill occur at the ferrostrunzite-producing site." | |
| Jeff Weismann |
| Rocks and Minerals, (1985) 60:76-82; Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook 1981, 39-48 |
| No reference listed |
| Min.Rec.: 11(Sep-Oct 1980):311. |
| Min. Col. PA; Geyer, Smith & Barnes; Pgs. 201-202 |
| Rocks & Minerals 54:4 pp173-175 |
| R&M 75:3 pp 156-169; Am Min (1969), 54:969-972 |
| Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169. |
Campbell, T.J., Roberts, W.L. (1986) Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South Dakota. The Mineralogical Record: 17: 237-254.; Rocks & Minerals: 60: 117. | |
| Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169. |
| Rocks & Minerals: 75(3): 156-169. |
| Rocks & Minerals: 60: 116. |
R&M 75:3 pp 156-169 | |
R&M 75:3 pp 156-169 | |
| Rocks & Minerals: 67(6): 380-388. |
| UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah |
| Kearns, L. E. and Penick, D. A. (1989): The Dixie Mine, Rockbridge County, Virginia. Rocks and Minerals, 64, 42-45. (also see Rocks & Min.:57:20-22 & 60:168); Watson(1907). |
| Frondel, C. (1949) The dufrenite problem. American Mineralogist, vol. 34, p. 513-540.; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 562, 868.; Kingsbury, A.W.G. (1957) Rockbridgeite from Cornwall and Devon. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 31, n° 236, 429-430.; Rocks & Minerals: 64: 44. |
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