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Lithiophilite

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Lithiophilite

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a simply stunning example of lithiophilite from the best locality for the mineral. Several beautiful and quite large crystals are sitting on fluorapatite matrix. I have collected minerals from this locality for many years and this is one of the best specimens I have seen! Rivals several in my own collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lithiophilite

Formula: 
LiMn2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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