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Brannockite

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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: 
1.9 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small, mounted sample from my personal collection of Foote Mine minerals with abundant, exceptional, sharp single crystals of brannockite showing the true morphology of the mineral. The cavity is a bit iron-stained but can be removed with oxalic acid or iron-out if desired. An excpetional sample of the species and one of the best I've offered. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brannockite

Formula: 
(K,Na)□2Li3(Sn,Zr,Ti)2[Si12O30]
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

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