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Lepidolite

Synonym of:Muscovite, Phlogopite, Polylithionite-Trilithionite Series


Once considered to be a mineral species but now redefined as part of the Polylithionite-Trilithionite series. More loosely also used as a field term for any light-colored lithium-bearing mica that has not been sufficiently analyzed for species determination (i.e., some "lepidolite" might be muscovite or phlogophite for example).

The originaly lepidolite material came from Rožná pegmatite, Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic.

Classification of Lepidolite

IMA status:Discredited
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Physical Properties of Lepidolite

Lustre:Vitreous, Pearly
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
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Radiation - Copper Kα
Data Set:
Horizontal Axis: ° to ° Vertical Axis: % Source Data: Filtered Data: Peaks:
Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.

Other Names for Lepidolite

Synonyms:
Flower SugiliteLavenderineLilaliteLilianthiteLithia Mica
LithionglimmerLithionite
Other Languages:
Catalan:Lepidolita
Dutch:Lepidoliet
Finnish:Lepidoliitti
Galician:Lepidolita
German:Lepidolit
Lilalit
Lilianthit
Lithionit
Hungarian:Lepidolit
Italian:Lepidolite
Japanese:リチア雲母
Polish:Lepidolit
Portuguese:Lepidolite
Russian:Лепидолит
Spanish:Lepidolita
Lilalita
Lilianthita
Lithionita
Turkish:Lepidolit
Varieties:
Cs-rich LepidoliteRb-rich Lepidolite

Other Information

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.

Articles/Blogs about Lepidolite

Article entries:
Biography of Don Tomás Alvarado 1890Scott L. Ritchie

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