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Montebrasite & Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Grupo Minero Bellita, Golpejas, Salamanca, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5.2 × 3.9 cm
Weight: 
149.00gr
Description

Very interesting specimen of amblygonite with coatings of other copper phosphates, libethenite and pseudomalachite. This is an old deposit that has acquired a lot of interest because it is one of the large Spanish lithium deposits, today they are underexploited but the lithium potential is enormous in these sites.
This specimen was extracted in the early 90s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Montebrasite

Formula: 
LiAl(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Montebras Mines, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Limousin, France

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

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