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MX70AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths, with a fibrous aspect, of 'lepidolite' pseudomorphous after an Elbaite crystal, with doubly terminated Tantalite-(Mn) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent and with a very vivid red color. This specimen was photographed for the ‘Munich 2017’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 70 of number 1/2018
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province Mozambique (07/2017)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.93” × 1.10” × 0.94”
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