Bikitaite
Origin: Foote mine, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Clear, striated and elongated bikitaite crystals to 1 mm
White to clear 3-5 mm, slender crystals abundant on matrix with
fluorapatite.
Clear, tabular - elongated crytals to 1 cm with probably
fairfieldite
Origin: Foote mine, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm (top), 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm (2nd row), 6 x 4.5 x 2 cm
(3rd row), 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm
Long prismatic crystals to 2cm in aggregate with light tan
eucryptite matrix. Ex Westenberger collection
Origin: Bikita, Fort Victoria, Masvingo, Zimbabwe (type locality)
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 3 cm, nearly all of this matrix is bikitaite with small 1
cm pockets with individual, long platy crystals to 1 cm (top),
9 x 6 x 4 cm (2nd/bottom row)
Origin: Foote Quarry, Gaston Co., Kings Mountain, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11.2 x 5 x 2 cm (top), 2.5 x 0.7 cm (bottom)
Origin: Foote Mine, Kings Mt., Cleveland Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Ex. Carl Davis collection
Sample size: 2.2 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
