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Lepidolite & Amazonite

Ex Dr. Hans-Jürgen Wilke Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Tveik, Tørdal, Drangedal, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.7 × 12.7 × 9.2 cm
Description

This is a superfine "mica-pack" with relatively well defined, bladed Lepidolite, accompanied by pale mint coloured, partly crystallized Amazonite on the bottom. The Lepidolite is highly lustrous and features a clear gray-violet colour. A super oldtimer from the Dr. Wilke collection, self collected from him in July 1968. This specimen is mineralogical history.

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

Amazonite

Variety Of: 

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0
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