Microlite with small acicular crystal sprays of snow white
zircon
Microlite on
quartz and feldspar matrix
Origin: Ipe Mine, Governador Valadares Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Sample size: 4 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm (top), 4.2 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm (2nd row), 1.7 x 1.5 x
1.4 cm (3rd row), 1.7 x 1.1 x 1 cm (4th/5th row), 2.4 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
(bottom)
Tiny, white acicular
zircon
crystal clusters - individual crystals are micros - with rich orange/brown
microlite.
Origin: Ipe Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Keith Hayes collection (KQ Minerals)
Sample size: 2.4 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
This specimen of
lepidolite with minor bladed
cleavelandite is host to a partial crystal of deep pine green microlite
that is 1 cm across.
This specimen of
lepidolite with minor bladed
cleavelandite is host to a crystal of deep pine green microlite that is
1.2 cm across.
Origin: Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha, Mozambique, Africa
Sample size: 4.6 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm (top/2nd row), 2.6 x 2 x 1.3 cm (bottom)
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