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Cymatolite

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Parker Mountain Pegmatite Quarry (Buzzo Quarry; Buzzo Mine), Parker Mt, Strafford, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA
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Colour:white
Name:Named in 1867 by Charles U. Shepard. A similar material, from the same occurrence as cymatolite, boulders on the Barrus Farm, Goshen, Massachusetts, was named aglaite by A. Julien in 1877, but cymatolite has precedence and is the common name used today. Cymatolite was originally listed as a variety equivalent to pihlite.


A somewhat lamellar to parallel fibrous, usually white replacement of spodumene by a mixture of muscovite and albite.

Classification of Cymatolite

Explanation of status:mixture
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Physical Properties of Cymatolite

Lustre:Silky, Pearly, Dull
Colour:white
Tenacity:Brittle
Parting:breaks along curved planes rich in muscovite
Fracture:Irregular/Uneven, Splintery, Fibrous, Micaceous

Other Names for Cymatolite

Synonyms:
Aglaite
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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 Cymatolite

Reference List:Dana, J. and Brush, G., 1868, A System of Mineralogy, John Wiley & Son, New York, p. 455-456 (cited private communication with the namer, Charles U. Shepard)

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    Localities for Cymatolite

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    • Arizona
      • Yavapai Co.
    		London, D. and Burt, D., 1982, Alteration of spodumene, Montebrasite and Lithiophilite in Pegmatites of the White Picacho District, Arizona, American Mineralogist, v 67, p. 97-113.
          • Independence Gulch
    		London, D. and Burt, D., 1982, Alteration of spodumene, Montebrasite and Lithiophilite in Pegmatites of the White Picacho District, Arizona, American Mineralogist, v 67, p. 97-113
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield Co.
        • Bethel
    		Januzzi, 1976. Mineral Localities of CT and Southeastern NY State
        • Redding
          • Branchville
    		Shainin, V., 1946, The Branchville Pegmatite, American Mineralogist, v. 31, p. 329-345.
    • Maine
      • Oxford Co.
        • Peru
    		Dick Dionne
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire Co.
        • Chesterfield
    		Emerson, B. K. (1895). A Mineralogical Lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties, Massachusetts, p.158.
        • Goshen
    		Dana, J. and Brush, G, 1868, A System of Mineralogy.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton Co.
        • Grafton
    		Morrill, P. , 1960, New Hampshite Mines and Minerals Localities.
      • Strafford Co.
        • Strafford
          • Parker Mt
    		Morrill, P. , 1960, New Hampshite Mines and Minerals Localities.
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