Lepidolite Mineral Gallery

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Lepidolite: K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2  
Nanpingite: Cs(Al,Mg,Fe++,Li)2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2

Comments: Hexagonal tabular crystals of pearly colourless lepidolite within massive white pollucite from unknown rare metal pegmatite. Nanpingite forms the outer zones of these lepidolite crystals (~30-150 µm).
Location: China. Scale: Specimen size is 3.5x3x2 cm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

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Lepidolite: K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2

Comments: Pale lavender micaceous plates of lepidolite on matrix.
Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Lepidolite: K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2  
Nanpingite: Cs(Al,Mg,Fe++,Li)2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2

Comments: Hexagonal tabular crystals of pearly colourless lepidolite within massive white pollucite from unknown rare metal pegmatite. Nanpingite forms the outer zones of these lepidolite crystals (~30-150 µm).
Location: China. Scale: Specimen size is 3.5x3x2 cm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

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Lepidolite: K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2

Comments: Pale lavender micaceous plates of lepidolite on matrix.
Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals