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M522 - Basic potassium, lithium, aluminum fluorsilicate mica group. Hardness: 2.3 - 3. Called books because of the perfect, one direction cleavage. The name is from the Greek lepidos, "scale" in allusion to the scaly aggregate in which the mineral commonly occurs. Lepidolite has been used as a source of lithium. These specimens are from Brazil.
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