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Lepidolite & Elbaite

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Lepidolite & Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Stacked lepidolite up to 2 cm and green elbaite with pinkish core in pegmatitic matrix. Varuträsk is a pegmatite of the LCT (Lithium-Caesium-Tantalum) type, quarried since 1933.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lepidolite

Synonym Of: 

Mica Group

Formula: 
KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 to K(Li1.5Al1.5)(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Group Parent: 
Mica
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Colour: 
Pink, light purple, light rose red
Streak: 
White

Elbaite

Formula: 
Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...