Bikitaite from
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
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Description
Comments:	Generally conceded to be the world's finest locality for the species.
Habit:	Long tabular prismatic blades.
Colour:	Colorless
Quality of samples:	Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Mineralogical Record: 1: 92.; Am Min 54 (1969), 1467-1469; Rocks and Minerals, (1985) 60:76-82; Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook 1981, 39-48
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Bikitaite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
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