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1 item @ $25.00   30:00

Tiptopite with Montgomeryite, Roscherite & Englishite

#39282

Tiptopite with Montgomeryite, Roscherite & Englishite

#39282
Availability
Sold
Size
3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
K2(Li,Na,Ca)6(Be6P6)O24(OH)2·1.3H2O (RRUFF)
Locality
Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States
Tagged
phosphate , beryllium

Excellent specimen of colorless sprays of extremely rare Tiptopite with red MOntgomeryite, white cotton-ball like groups of Englishite and murky white balls of Hurlbutite.

Type & Only Locality

Tiptopite

Formula
K2(Li,Na,Ca)6(Be6P6)O24(OH)2·1.3H2
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Acicular, Radial 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
colorless 
Streak
white 
Class
Hexagonal - Pyramidal 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
3.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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