Mineral name
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Lepidolite
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Sample 1999-0083 (to the left, size 8.5 x 8 x 6 cm) and sample 1999-4973, to the right) with original labels of M. H. Klaproth |
Hölzel-No.
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9.ED.260 |
Type of specimen
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vermutl. T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA |
Chemical formula
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K(Li,Al)3[(F,OH)2/(Si,Al)4O10] |
Type locality
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Czech Republic, Brno, Rozna, Hradesk Mt. |
Associated minerals
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Collection
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Museum für Naturkunde - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Proben 1999-0083, 1999-4973 und 2006-02761 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimens (1999-0083 and 1999-4973), mineral powder (2006-02761) |
References
Klaproth, M. H. (1792)
Bergmännisches Journal, 2, 80 |
Notes / Further information
See: Rieder, M., Cavazzini, G., D'Yakonov, Y.S., Frank-Kamenetskii, V.A., Gottardi, G., Guggenheim, S., Koval, P.V., Müller, G., Neiva, A.M.R., Radoslovich, E.W., Robert, J.-L., Sassi, F.P., Takeda, H., Weiss, Z. & Woines, D.R. (1998): Nomenclature of the micas.- Canadian Mineralogist 36, 1-8. Lepidolite is a series name for a trioctahedral mica on, or close to, the trilithionite-polylithionite join. |
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