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MD-121103 - Bikitaite, Apatite - - Archived Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA cabinet, 13.7 x 9.9 x 5.5 cm.
13.7 x 9.9 x 5.5 cm. A MAJOR CABINET specimen of this ULTRA RARE lithium silicate from the famous Foote Mine of North Carolina. LARGE white to gray prismatic blades of bikitaite to 2.9 cm rest on a matrix of solid bikitaite along with innumerable smaller bikitaite crystals (white, elongated). The large bikitaite blades are nicely accented by brown, translucent apatite crystals to 1.2 cm. Ex. George Elling Collection.
MD-168139 - Bikitaite - - Archived Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA thumbnail, 1.5 x .4 x .1 cm.
1.5 x .4 x .1 cm. Single blades of Bikitaite to 1.5 cm are exceptional and rare. This beautiful blade has the high luster and gemminess so desired in the species, and not seen in this size. Often, they are micros. A superb and important thumbnail. Ex. Charlie Key.
MD-215475 - Bikitaite - - Archived Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA thumbnail, 3.1 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm.
3.1 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm. A relatively large, rare crystal of this aluminum-containing species, known at its best from old finds in the 1950s and 1960s at this now defunct old locality. Ex. Charlie Key.
MD-22523 - Bikitaite - - Archived Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA cabinet, 11.2 x 5 x 2 cm
A MAJOR specimen for the species, featuring crystals to 2 cm on solid bikitaite matrix! Old material, hard to come by, and this is the best I have seen. 11.2 x 5 x 2 cm All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||
