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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: 
1.4 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small, but exceptional sample from the Foote Mine with one of the largest crystals of brannockite that was ever collected. The main crystal measures 1.8mm and is excpetional for its form, clarity and perfection. There are also several other very nice clusters on this sample. From my personal Foote Mine collection. 

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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