Lithiophilite

Lithiophilite twin
Lithiophilite and fluorapatite
Origin: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Massive light brownish lithiophilite
Origin: Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland
Picture size: 8 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Origin: Chao do Castanheiro, Mesquitela near Mangualde, Portugal
Sample size: 4 x 6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Crude white or clear crystals in vugs with light pink rhodochrosite and fluorapatite.
Origin: Foote mine, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, United States
Sample size: 9 x 5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Stewart Mine (Stewart Lithia Mine), Queen Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 21 x 16 x 18 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
 
  
 
     
 
  
Origin: Emmons Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.
Sample size: 10.1 x 8.5 x 4.6 cm (top/2nd row), 8.8 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm (3rd row), 8.2 x 5.8 x 4.9 cm (4th row), 9.2 x 7.1 x 4.3 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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