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- Sold
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- Palermo mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, United States
- Formula
- Li2SrAl4(PO4)4(OH)4
- Size
- SmCabinet 6x5x3cm
- Tagged
- lithium phosphate
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- Type Locality
Numerous colorless, prismatic and striated crystals from 1 to 4mm of Palermoite scattered on smoky Quartz matrix. Most if not all are terminated and very nice. Excellent specimen, very rare mineral. Apparently, this is the only North American locality for Palermoite and is Type Locality. There are only three worldwide localities. The specimen was collected by Bob Whitmore in 1971.
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- Sold
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- Palermo mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, United States
- Formula
- Li2SrAl4(PO4)4(OH)4
- Size
- SmCabinet 5.5x5x4cm
- Tagged
- phosphate , pegmatite mineral , lithium
- Special Info
- Type Locality
This is one of the larger Palermoite crystals that I have seen personally. The original label from "The Thurston's" stated only Fluorapatite, but there are numerous Palermoite crystals as well with the largest at the arrow at 5mm. All of the other crystals are 1mm or so. The Fluorapatite are tabular white to light lavender.
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- Mt. Vesuvius, Somma Complex, Napoli, Campania, Italy
- Formula
- K2Pb(SO4)2
- Size
- SmCabinet 6x1.5x1.5cm
- Special Info
- Antique Specimen
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Powdery yellow mineral in vial dated 1924. I am not sure if that is when it was collected or if it is from an eruption in 1924. It a relatively new vial, so not an antique like the other vials. Vesuvius is the type locality for Palmierite. Palmierite is rare having been reported from only nine localities worldwide.
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- Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
- Formula
- K3Na3(Fe3+,Al)6(AsO4)8
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- Micromount xxcm
- Tagged
- arsenate
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- XRD Confirmed
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- EDS Confirmed
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- Type & Only Locality
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- Author's Material
Pansnerite is a new IMA mineral pending publication. The specimen is a tiny, 0.3mm yellow crystal grain. The specimen was obtained from Dr. Igor Pekov, one of the author's of the mineral. It is a grain mount for EDS work, so it was probably used to help describe the mineral as a new species. Tolbachik is the only known locality in the world.
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- Locality
- Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
- Formula
- K3Na3(Fe3+,Al)6(AsO4)8
- Size
- Micromount xxcm
- Special Info
- XRD Confirmed
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- EDS Confirmed
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- Type & Only Locality
This is a small grain, less than 1mm, of a crystal mounted for EDS work, and it is from the author's study material - so type material you might say. The author, Dr. Igor Pekov, kindly supplied this specimen. It is type and only locality.
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- New Cornelia mine, Ajo dist., Pima Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- CaCuAlSi2O6(OH)3
- Size
- Thumbnail 1x1x0.5cm
- Tagged
- copper
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Small thumbnail with excellent bright blue crystals of Papagoite to 1mm. These are sharp well-defined crystals of Papagoite. Even though this is a small specimen, chances are, you will be hard pressed to ever find crystals of Papagoite like these.
