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Brannockite

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Brannockite

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Dozens of perfect brannockite crystals on matrix.   Very difficult to photograph, as the crystals are all at different angles and are mostly invisible to the camera.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brannockite

Formula: 
(K,Na)□2Li3(Sn,Zr,Ti)2[Si12O30]
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

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