2881 - Microlite

At-A-Glance

Country of Origin

NM
United States

Contributors

Arthur Montgomery

Photos

Essential Information

Specimen ID

2881

Mineral Name

Microlite

Chemical Formula

(Na,Ca)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F)

Subcollection

Arthur Montgomery
Associated Minerals
Lepidolite
Spodumene
Specimen Number
005

Yellow grains in lilac lepidolite with gray spodumene, blocky specimen

Geographic Origin

Locality Nickname

Harding Mine, New Mexico

Locality Lat/Long

36.1928016, -105.7944613

Mining District

Picuris District

Mine Name

Harding Mine
Original Attributed Locality
New Mexico
Dixon
Harding Mine
Geographic Features
Harding Pegmatite
Embudo Valley
Picuris Mountains