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Lithiophilite

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Lithiophilite

Ex University of Amsterdam
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Carolino Mine, Chãs de Tavares, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 4.4 cm
Description

Massive lithiophylite, coloured salmon to light brown and dark brown to greenish brown, associated with some minor blue vivianite. Collected in the late 1940's by Dutch geologists. Ex Geological Institute of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lithiophilite

Formula: 
LiMn2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA
Cartils Minerals

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