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Eucryptite

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Eucryptite

Rare Mineral

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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: 
2.8 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on an exceptional sample of eucryptite with numerous tan to colorless, complex crystals on albite matrix. The Foote Mine is the best world locality for the species as crystals and this is a very good example. Red fluorescence in SWUV. 

Mineral Data
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Eucryptite

Formula: 
LiAlSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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