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Bityite

#44010
Bityite from Harding mine, Taos Co., New Mexico, United States - 44010
Bityite from Harding mine, Taos Co., New Mexico, United States - 44010

Bityite

#44010
Availability
Available
Price
$75.00
Size
6 x 6 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
CaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Harding mine, Taos Co., New Mexico, United States

Bityite is a rare beryllium-lithium mica shown here as colorless plates to 5mm in biotite.

Bityite

Formula
CaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)2 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Encrustations, Platy, Pseudo Hexagonal 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
brown white, colorless, yellow, pearl white 
Streak
white 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Hardness
5.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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