Lepidolite

Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Emmons quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Lepidolite on quartz

Origin: Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.

Owner: Milton Speckels

Sample size: quartz crystal about 4 cm high

 

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Uncommon form for lepidolite

Origin: Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 3 cm high, 3.5 cm across

 

  

Origin: Custer, South Dakota, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 5 cm yellow mica crystals in groundmass

 

Origin: Himalya mine, San Diego Co., California, United States

Sample size: Purple micaceuos crystals 3 to 5 cm

 

  

Lepidolite on quartz

Origin: Himalaya mine, San Diego Co., California, United States

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 3 cm

 

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Li-rich muscovite on lepidolite on albite

Origin: Gillete Quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Newry, Maine, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8.5 x 4 x 4 cm

 

  

Lepidolite on albite

Origin: Alto da Cabeca Mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Sample size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm

 

  

Lepidolite pseudomorph after tourmaline

Origin: Elizabeth R. Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm

 

 

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Origin: Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 22 x 15 x 24 mm

 

Origin: Mt. Mica, Paris, Maine, U.S.A.

Sample size: 26 x 27 mm

 

  

Origin: Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 9.8 x 7.8 x 4 cm

 

  

Origin: Copper Mountain Area, Fremont Co., Wyoming, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.6 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm

 

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