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Lepidolite On Quartz

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Lepidolite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 16.7 × 9.7 cm
Weight: 
559.00gr
Description

Particular and aesthetic specimen from Brazil of lepidolite in a myriad of pseudohexagonal lamellar crystals reunited in bigger elongated formations in the classic lilac color on a big pale smoky quartz crystal. Lepidolite crystals are also included in quartz

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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