Mineral Specimens with Lepidolite

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Lep2-04 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 6.2 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
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Translucent, sulfur yellow, rosettes of lepidolite, to 1.2 cm across, completely cover this specimen. For a color contrast there is a crust of a drusy, ivory colored, mineral, possibly quartz.

Lep2-06 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
cabinet, 12.1 x 10.5 x 5.0 cm
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With sparkling highlights, rosettes of translucent, sulfur yellow, lepidolite, to 1.0 cm across, abound on massive lepidolite and very minor feldspar.

Lep2-07 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 6.9 x 9.0 x 3.5 cm
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If the translucence and sulfur yellow color of this specimen were not enough, there are a couple of frosted, colorless quartz crystals, to 1.75 cm in length, which are emplaced on the lepidolite. The rosettes of lepidolite average around 1.0 cm across. Very nice.

Lep2-08 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
miniature, 5.6 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
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A crust of translucent, sulfur yellow, lepidolite, with rosettes to .75 cm across, is perched on a matrix of sugary, white feldspar, probably albite.

Lep2-09 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
miniature, 5.3 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
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I like the sculptural quality of this lepidolite specimen. The 1.0 cm across, rosettes of translucent, sulfur yellow crystals display nooks and crannies.

Lep2-10 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
miniature, 5.6 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
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This unusual specimen has, perhaps, the most golden yellow color of any lepidolite specimens so far, in this update. It has wonderful translucence and the crystals appear to be interlocked, rather than in rosettes. Crystal size is 1.5 cm across.

Lep2-12 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 6.6 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
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This specimen is similar to no.10, in that the lepidolite appears to have grown as interlocked crystals rather than rosettes. The translucence and bright, golden yellow, color, and large crystal size, to 2.0 cm across, make this a choice specimen.

Lep2-13 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 8.0 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm
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Large rosettes, to 2.75 cm across, along with translucence and sulfur yellow color, characterize this specimen.

Lep2-14 - Lepidolite with Quartz on Quartz sceptre - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
large cabinet, 20.0 x 12.5 x 7.0 cm
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This large plate of lepidolite has a lot going for it. It appears that there may be two generations of lepidolite, the first one being dark sulfur yellow and composed of interlocked crystals, to 2.0 cm across. The second generation has rosettes of light sulfur yellow, translucent, crystals, to 1.25 cm across. The piece de resistance is the cluster of parallel growth, slightly smoky, gemmy, quartz crystals, 6.0 cm in length, located at the left edge of the specimen. This is a major lepidoloite specimen!

Lep2-15 - Lepidolite (2 generations) - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
cabinet, 13.4 x 10.9 x 5.8 cm
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This dark, translucent, sulfur yellow specimen is made up of large, fine, rosettes of lepidolite, to 2.5 cm across. It also has a drusy, dusting of a second generation of lepidolite.

Lep2-16 - Lepidolite with Quartz - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 9.6 x 7.3 x 5.6 cm
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This is a near floater, with the only point of attachment being at the base of the quartz crystal. An etched and frosted, colorless quartz crystal, 4.0 cm in length, is perched at the top of the translucent, light sulfur yellow, lepidolite specimen. The lepidolite has formed in rosettes, up to .75 cm in length.

Lep2-17 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 7.6 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
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Milky quartz makes a nice color contrast to the translucent, sulfur yellow, rosettes of lepidolite, to 2.0 cm across.

Lep2-18 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 7.1 x 6.9 x 3.0 cm
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One side of this specimen has rosettes of translucent, light sulfur yellow, lepidolite, to 1.0 cm across. The back side has translucent, dark sulfur yellow rosettes of lepidolite, to 1.5 cm across. There is even a dusting of drusy lepidolite on these larger crystals.

Lep2-19 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 7.1 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm
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This specimen of translucent, sulfur yellow color, has the largest rosette of lepidolite seen yet in this update. The largest crystal measures over 3.0 cm across. There is a thin dusting of a later generation of lepidolite.

LEP2-20 - Lepidolite - SOLD
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet, 9.3 x 5.8 x 3.9 cm
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On a matrix of massive white quartz, is a plate of translucent, sulfur yellow, lepidolite in rosettes to 1.0 cm across.


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