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Palermoite

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Palermoite

Robert Whitmore collection
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Description
Locality: 
Palermo 1 Mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5.1 × 3.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fantastic miniature sample with a vug in smoky quartz hosting exceptional, sharp and quite large crystals of palermoite with minor pseudocubic goyazite crystals. From the Robert Whitmore collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palermoite

Formula: 
(Li,Na)2(Sr,Ca)Al4(PO4)4(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BH.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Vertically striated prisms.
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

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