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Albite 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:The majority of vugs and crystallized seams in the Foote pegmatite contain small but typically nice crystals of albite, often as the backdrop for the more desirable and famous species that crystallized over it such as fluorapatite, fairfieldite, meta-swit
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Rocks and Minerals, (1985) 60:76-82; Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook 1981, 39-48
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite 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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