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Lepidolite Cleavelandite & Columbite

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Lepidolite Cleavelandite & Columbite

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Description
Locality: 
Virgem Da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.9 × 12.1 × 6.6 cm
Description

During the upload of this fine specimen I recogniced two excellent developed, sharp and highly lustrous crystals of Columbite, up to 1,1 cm. They are hard to find on the pictures but they are still there. Anyway, this fine specimen features numerous of pale violet, six-sided clusters of sharp and lustrous Lepidolite, richly perched on bladed, creamy Clevelandite and indistinct, blocky Microcline up to 7 cm. This is a very good specimen, much better in person.

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

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0
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