Bavenite 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:	Occurs in almost every paragenesis as bladed, sharp crystals or bowtie groups and accicular bundles of curved crystals.
Habit:	Prismatic, striated prisms and curved accicular needles.
Colour:	Colorless, white.
Quality of samples:	Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Rarity at site:	Common
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Jan H.Bernard and Jaroslav Hyrsl,2004, Minerals and their Localities, pg # 67; Rocks and Minerals, (1985) 60:76-82; Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook 1981, 39-48
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Bavenite 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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