Lepidolite
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Lepidolite is the common name for a lilac-gray or rose-colored series of minerals in the mica group. The mineralogical name for this series is the polylithionite-trilithionite series. Lepidolite has a chemical formula of . It is the most abundant lithium-bearing mineral and is a secondary source of this metal. It is also the major source of the alkali metal rubidium, which substitutes (as in all minerals) for potassium.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Lepidolite
- Mineral.category
- Phyllosilicate minerals
- Mineral.group
- Mica group, trioctahedral mica group
- Mineral.series
- Polylithionite-Trilithionite series
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- cccccc
- Mineral.image
- Boromuscovite-Lepidolite-ch38a.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Lpd
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.EC.20
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- C2/m, Cm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.209(2) Å, b = 9.011(5) Å, c = 10.149(5) Å; β = 100:77(4)°; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Pink, light purple, purple, rose-red, violet-gray, yellowish, white, colorless other colors possible but are rare.
- Mineral.habit
- Tabular to prismatic pseudohexagonal crystals, scaly aggregates and massive
- Mineral.twinning
- Rare, composition plane {001}
- Mineral.cleavage
- {001} perfect
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- phyllosilicates
- Image
- Lepidolita.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Lepidolite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.EC.20
- streak color
- white
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lpd
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/E.05b
Sources (1)
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Article · Italiano
La lepidolite è la serie di minerali polylithionite-trilithionite. Precedentemente era il nome di una specie mineralogica a sé stante. Il nome deriva da due termini greci: lepidos e lythos, che significano rispettivamente: squama e pietra.
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