Call number:
D68 (7)
Classification:
Sheet Silicates
Translated title:
Lepidolite
Place of origin:
Baikal / Siberia, ex U.S.S.R.
Description:
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).
Chemical formula:
K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2
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