Lepidolite (excellent) ex Krause Coll.

Item Description

You usually think of lepidolite as a humble accenting mineral, in little blooms or microcrystals on tourmaline specimens, for example. But here is a striking example of lepidolite alone! It is an arrowhead-shaped, stepped-growth "book" of hundreds of thin layers of this pretty lavender-colored mica variety. Stunning translucency and color, when backlit! It glows! Ex Larry Krause Collection.