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Triphylite

Ex-David J. Eicher Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Blötz Mine, Bodenmais, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm
Description

A scarce example of this unusual lithium phosphate mineral, from an old German mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Triphylite

Formula: 
LiFe2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Hühnerkobel Mine (Hennenkobel Mine), Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
David J. Eicher

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