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Lithiophosphate

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Lithiophosphate

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a perfect, frosted crystal of lithiophosphate on matrix from the Foote Mine. This was a one-time find in 1964 made by Jack Eaker and specimens are very rare. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lithiophosphate

Formula: 
Li3PO4
Strunz: 
8.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Okhmyl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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