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Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3]

Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

Width of field is 2.5mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. The depth of field has been enhanced using Helicon Focus (5 exposures). Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.
 © 2008 Jesse CrawfordPhoto ID: 178299    View Count: 49

Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Albite : Na[AlSi3O8]

LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

Apatite crystals up to 1mm on Albite - May of 2008
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 219854    View Count: 28

Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Albite : Na[AlSi3O8]

LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

Apatite crystals up to 1mm on Albite - May of 2008
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 219853    View Count: 19

Arsenopyrite : FeAsS - (Fe0.90Co0.10)AsS

LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

8.5mm tall arsenopyrite crystal in a vug in pegmatite. Collected by, photographed by, and in the collection of Keith Wood.
 © 2002, Keith WoodPhoto ID: 5923    View Count: 685

Bikitaite : LiAlSi2O6·H2O

Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

A MAJOR specimen for the species, featuring crystals to 2 cm on solid bikitaite matrix! Old material, hard to come by, and this is the best I have seen. 11.2 x 5 x 2 cm

 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 22523    View Count: 450

Fairfieldite : Ca2(Mn2+,Fe2+)[PO4]2 · 2H2O

LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

Field of view 13x10 mm.
Rui Nunes specimen and photo.
 © Rui Nunes 2006Photo ID: 48826    View Count: 265

Fairfieldite : Ca2(Mn2+,Fe2+)[PO4]2 · 2H2O

LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

Field of view 10x8 mm.
Rui Nunes specimen and photo.
 © Rui Nunes 2006Photo ID: 48825    View Count: 256

Fairfieldite : Ca2(Mn2+,Fe2+)[PO4]2 · 2H2O

LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

Field of view 15x12 mm.
Rui Nunes specimen and photo.
 © Rui Nunes 2006Photo ID: 48827    View Count: 223

Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) : CaMn2+(Mg,Fe2+)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O

LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

Jahnsite group. Field 2 mm
Photo and Collection Christophe Boutry
 © C.BoutryPhoto ID: 144320    View Count: 207

Kastningite : (Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)Al2[OH|PO4]2 · 8H2O

LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA

A 1.8mm group of kastningite xls. Much rarer here than at Foote. I have seen 5 specimens or so. JBS specimen and photo.
 © 2004 JBSPhoto ID: 19255    View Count: 447
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