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Triphylite

Triphylite is the iron end member of the Lithiophilite-Triphylite Series and isostructural with olivine. It is a lithium iron phosphate. It is usually massive, but it rarely forms greenish-gray to dark brown, resinous to vitreous, orthorhombic, stout prismatic, translucent crystals with rough faces. It was named in 1834 by Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs from the Greek word, "tria", (threefold), and "phylon", (family), because it was thought to contain three cations (Fe, Li, Mn). The type locality for triphylite is Hennenkobel mine, Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany. Triphylite occurs as a primary mineral in granite pegmatites; it is often completely altered to a variety of secondary phosphates. Some notable localities include: Newry, Oxford Co., and Estes quarry, Cumberland Co., both in Maine, USA; the Palermo No.1 mine, Grafton Co., and Newport, Sullivan Co., in New Hampshire, USA; the Tip Top and Bull Moose mines in Custer Co., and at Keystone, Pennington Co., all of South Dakota, USA. Other world-wide regions where Li pegmatites occur include: Galileia region, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Bohemia, Czech Republic; Bavaria, Germany; Haute-Vienne dept., France; Triphylite occurs less commonly in pegmatites of Sweden and Bolivia.

You can buy these rare greenish-gray crystals online from The Arkenstone, www.iRocks.com to add fine mineral specimens to your collection.

Landesite and Reddingite with Triphylite
RARE16J-06
Landesite and Reddingite with Triphylite
$900.00
Small Cabinet, 5.9 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Jacao mine, Galilea, Conseheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Landesite and Reddingite with Triphylite
RARE16J-07
Landesite and Reddingite with Triphylite
$750.00
Miniature, 4.2 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm
Jacao mine, Galilea, Conseheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Triphylite
MD-112567
Triphylite
Thumbnail, 1.5 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
G. E. Smith Quarry (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
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Triphylite
MD-112553
Triphylite
Thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
G. E. Smith Quarry (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
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Triphylite
RWHIT-15
Triphylite
Miniature, 4.4 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
G. E. Smith Quarry (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
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Triphyllite
RICE-06
Triphyllite
Thumbnail, 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
George Smith Mine, Claremont, New Hampshire, USA
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Triphylite
MRZ151
Triphylite
Miniature, 3.6 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Chandler iron mine (Chandler's Mill), Landaff, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
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Triphylite
ZR30
Triphylite
Miniature, 5.5 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Chandler's Mill Mine, Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
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Triphyllite
MRZ134
Triphyllite
Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm
George Smith Mine, Claremont, New Hampshire, USA
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Triphylite
RARE08-06
Triphylite
Miniature, 5.4 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Newry Mine, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
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Triphylite
PAS-149
Triphylite
Cabinet, 12.1 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm
Palermo Mines, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
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