Mineral: Microlite on Albite, Quartz and Lepidolite
Locality: Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dimensions: 9,5 x 18,0 x 15,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 2,2 cm Two sharp-edged, greenish-brown crystals in icositetrahedrons, translucent and iridescent on the surface, on an apparently floating matrix of albite and pale purple lepidolite with quartz (the largest measuring 5.4 cm, frosted on the surface) MIM number 1170 Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu)

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