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RARE08-06
Triphylite
Newry Mine, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Miniature, 5.4 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Ex. John Sinkankas
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Nestled aesthetically in a vug of quartz with minor muscovite, are a few crystals of blue-gray, triphylite, to 1.0 cm across. They are SHARP, unusually so for the species! This is a classic East Coast locality, but its hard to get good specimens. Triphylite, a rare lithium iron phosphate, is sometimes found in pods within a pegmatite. However, crystals of this quality are extremely hard to find. Ex John Sinkankas specimen, and his card is accompanying the piece still.