23138: Lepidolite - $8 Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California Small cabinet - 8.3 x 4.7 x 3.0 cm 136 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order A compact mass of coarse to fine
grained, lilac lepidolite. Although lepidolite has
recently been discredited as a valid mineral species (has
been redefined as 'a series between
polylithionite and trilithionite') the term is still
wildly used to name material of the type shown here. Very
typical for the 'species'/mining district, and a must for
every collector of California, pegmatite or lapidary
materials. Self standing.
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