Microlite

  

  

Microlite and tourmaline on albite

Origin: Maxixe Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 8 x 5 x 5 cm

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

Origin: Urubu mine, Intinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Sample size: 1 x 0.9 x 0.8 (top left), 1.5 x 1 x 0.8 cm (top right), 1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (2nd row left), 0.9 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (2nd row right), 0.9 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (3rd row), 0.9 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm (4th row), 1.5 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm (bottom left), 1.4 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm (bottom right)

 

  

  

This specimen of albite hosts several crystals of honey to caramel coloured microlite and several light lime green coloured tourmalines. The largest microlite crystal is 0.6 cm across.

Origin: ?

Sample size: about 2 cm

 

  

  

Origin: Murruia-Alto Ligonha, Zambezia, Mozambique

Ex. Keith Hayes coll.

Sample size: 1.2 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Trinityminerals.com

 

  

Excellent glassy orange micro, euhedral crystals to 1 mm perched on muscovite and albite.

Origin: Ipe Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 4 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  

  

Several transparent golden-orange crystals of the rare oxide microlite on albite with yellowish-green muscovite.

Origin: Ipe Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 4.0 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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