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Lithiophilite With Mica & Feldspar

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Description
Locality: 
Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 7.4 × 3.7 cm
Description

A superb and very scarce specimen of lithiophilite, lithium manganese(II) phosphate, with the formula LiMnPO₄, From the famed Kunar pegmatite fields, Afghanistan This piece hosts well-terminated, lustrous, perfect crystals of lithiophilite, beautifully intergrown with mica and feldspar in a mixed matrix. Such examples are exceedingly difficult to obtain, this specimen is from old  finds,

A true rarity, and an excellent representative of this important species.  From seller’s personal collection 

 

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lithiophilite

Formula: 
LiMn2+PO4
Strunz: 
8.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

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