Mineral Name Lepidolite
First Discovered 1792
Nickel-Strunz Classification 09.EC.20
Dana Classification 71.02.02b.07
ICSD Pre IMA
Mineral Group Silicates - Phyllosilicate, composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets, in the Mica group


Purple Jade is a variety of the mineral lepidolite. For information about lepidolite please click the article tab at the top of the page, or click -here-.



A dense mass of fine grained lepidolite, which is used for carving and as an ornamental stone. It usually contains minor impurities of quartz, feldspar, spodumene and occasionally pollucite. Therefore technically, this material is a rock and not a mineral.



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