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Pahasapaite

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Pahasapaite

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Description
Locality: 
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer County, South Dakota, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with patches of extremely rare pink pahasapaite as partial crystals and masses on matrix with minor tiptopite, montgomeryite and roscherite on beryl. Extremely rare mineral and very few samples have ever been on the open market! This is a very rich sample even without having complete crystals. Ex. Loomis and Korpi collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pahasapaite

Formula: 
Li8(Ca,Li,K)10.5Be24(PO4)24·38H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA

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