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Montebrasite

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Description
Locality: 
Palermo 1 Mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Red-stained montebrasite crystals on a  terminated crystal of quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Montebrasite

Formula: 
LiAl(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Montebras Mines, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Limousin, France