![cabochon cut lepidolite](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lepidolite-cabochon133-150x150.png)
![microlite triangle cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/microlite-triangle121-300x190.png)
microlite
![microlite crystal from Virgen do Mapa in Brazil](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/microlite-virgem-do-mapa-bresil-300x200.jpg)
microlite crystal from Virgen do Mapa in Brazil
![green microlite trillion cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/microlite-trillion-300x207.jpg)
green microlite trillion cut
Detailed sheet
microlite
Its name comes from the Greek “micro” to indicate that when discovered in 1835 it was only present in small crystals.
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CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
(Na,Ca)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F)
sodium calcium tantalum oxide
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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Main color
yellow
Other colors
brown, green
Color of streak
yellow
Luster
resinous, vitreous
Hardness
5.0 to 5.5
Density
4.30 to 5.70
Cleavage
indistinct
Fracture
conchoidal, splintery
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OPTICAL PROPERTIES
Transparency
opaque, translucent
Refractive index
1.980 - 2.020
Double refraction
0.000
none, isotropic, sometimes crystals show some polarization anomalies
visible double refraction
No
Pleochroism
absent
Number of colors
1
Fluorescence
none
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CRYSTALS PROPERTIES
very small octahedrons
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crystals system
cubic
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OTHER INFORMATIONS
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APPROACHING GEMS
Exploited
sites
It is found on the island of Elba in Italy, in Devon in England, in Austria, Moravia (Czech Republic), Rwanda, Madagascar, Brazil (Minas Gerais), the United States and Canada.
use in jewelry
it is cut in facets, it’s a collection stone
Venez visitez
notre site web
voillot-joaillier.fr
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