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Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
© 2009, Jesse Fisher
| Synonym of: | Muscovite, Phlogopite, Polylithionite-Trilithionite Series | ||
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Classification of Lepidolite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IMA status: | Discredited | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Physical Properties of Lepidolite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lustre: | Vitreous, Pearly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Radiation - Copper Kα Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References for Lepidolite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference List: | Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1905), Crystallography of lepidolite: American Journal of Science, 4th. Series: 19: 225-226. Stevens, Rollin Elbert (1938), New analyses of lepidolites and their interpretation: American Mineralogist: 23: 607-628. Mineralogical Record (1989): 20: 109. Canadian Mineralogist (1998): 36: 905-912. Mineralogical Magazine (1999): 63: 267-279. Kogure, T. and Bunno, M. (2004) Investigation of polytypes in lepidolite using electron back-scattered diffraction. American Mineralogist: 89: 1680-1684. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Localities for Lepidolite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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