AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Maine > Petalite with Lepidolite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 64847 |
Mineral: | Petalite with Lepidolite |
Locality: | Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine |
Description: | Large specimen of translucent white petalite intermixed with pink lepidolite and colorless quartz. One face was sawn flat to show the internal mixture of the minerals. Petalite is rare in Maine pegmatites and difficult to identify in the field. Collected in 1976 |
Overall Size: | 13x10x4 cm |
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Archived: | For reference only |
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