Microlite on
muscovite
Microlite and
manganotantalite on feldspar matrix
Microlite on feldspar matrix
Microlite with small acicular crystal sprays of snow white
zircon
Origin: Ipe Mine, Governador Valadares Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Sample size: 7.5 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm (top), 10 x 8 x 6 cm (2nd/3rd row), 8 x 6 x 4
cm (4th row), 5.4 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm (5th row), 4.6 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm (6th/7th
row), 2 x 1.2 x 1 cm (8th row), 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm (9th row), 3.2 x 1.6 x
1.4 cm (10th/bottom row)
This specimen of
lepidolite with minor bladed
cleavelandite is host to a crystal of deep pine green microlite that is
0.8 cm across.
Origin: Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha, Mozambique, Africa
Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
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