Lepidolite (rare yellow color)

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What an unusual color for Lepidolite! Now it must be noted that Lepidolite is no longer a valid mineral species, and according to the scattered information we found, Lepidolite is defined asaA mineral in the so-called Polylithionite-Trilithionite series. Webmineral.com still reports that it's a valid species, and the IMA list online ( http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/ima-cnmnc/IMA2009-01%20UPDATE%20160309.pdf ) says that Lepidolite is a group name. A colorful and uncommon mound of translucent, golden-yellow lepidolite, with knobby rosette growth, averaging 1.0 cm across sitting on a partial crystal of slightly smoky Quartz, which is NOT broken, but actually filled with tiny crystal faces all the way around. From a small 2008 find.