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โ‡ฑ Bavenite from Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

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Bavenite from
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA

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Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Bavenite
Formula:Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Comments:Occurs in almost every paragenesis as bladed, sharp crystals or bowtie groups and accicular bundles of curved crystals.
Habit:Prismatic, striated prisms and curved accicular needles.
Colour:Colorless, white.
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Eakerite6
Albite5
Fluorapatite2
Prehnite1
Footemineite1
Fairfieldite1
Rhodochrosite1
Tetrawickmanite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bavenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (34 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22215
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22215:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bavenite
14.5km (9.0 miles) โ“˜LCA Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) โ“˜Pacolet Quarry, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
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