Lepidolite
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Lepidolite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 6 x 6.5 x 5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Newry Mica mine, Oxford Co., Maine, United States
- Tagged
- pegmatite
Light lilac Lepidolite mass, a lithium rich mica typically found in LCT (Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum) pegmatites. LCT pegmatites are peraluminous, and besides the LCT composition may also be enriched in Be, B, F, P, and Mn. The peraluminous nature is expressed by the presence of Muscovite. This specimen also contains nice platy Albite variety cleavelandite.
Lepidolite
- Formula
- K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Platy, Foliated, Massive
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Pearly
- Color
- colorless, gray white, lilac, yellowish, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 2.5-3
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
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