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Swinefordite & Metaswitzerite

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Swinefordite & Metaswitzerite

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A big vug with a nice swinefordite crystal. On the matrix somewhere many little broze crystals of metaswitzerite. A rare paragenesis.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Swinefordite

Formula: 
Li(Al,Li,Mg)4((Si,Al)4O10)2(OH,F)4·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.45
Hardness: 
1.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Metaswitzerite

Formula: 
Mn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

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