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Rubellite & Lepidolite

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ADR1015026

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Description
Locality: 
Alvarrões Mine, Seixo Amarelo, Guarda, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Weight: 
12.00gr
Description

From the Alvarrões open pit mine, which explores aplito-pegmatitic veins with lepidolite for the extraction of Li, this specimen comes in which we see 2 crystalline aggregates intertwined with each other, one of lepidolite with silver tones and tabular morphology and the other of Rubellite of pinkish tones and prismatic morphology. A beautiful piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rubellite

Variety Of: 

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Hardness: 
7
Hardness: 
0.0

Lepidolite

Synonym Of: 

Mica Group

Formula: 
KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 to K(Li1.5Al1.5)(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Group Parent: 
Mica
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Colour: 
Pink, light purple, light rose red
Streak: 
White

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