amblygonite

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amblygonite

[am′bli·gə‚nīt]

(mineralogy)

(Li,Na)AlPO₄(F,OH) A mineral occurring in white or greenish cleavable masses and found in the United States and Europe; important ore of lithium.

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Correia Neves and Lopes Nunes (1968) described bermanite, eosphorite, variscite, phosphosiderite, hureaulite, montebrasite, fluorapatite, amblygonite, and triplite from Alto Ligonha pegmatites.

Correia Neves and Lopes Nunes (1968) described eosphorite, variscite, phosphosiderite, hureaulite, montebrasite, fluorapatite, amblygonite, triplite and bermanite from Alto Ligonha pegmatites.

Correia Neves and Lopes Nunes (1968) described hureaulite, montebrasite, fluorapatite, amblygonite, triplite, phosphosiderite, variscite, eosphorite and bermanite from Alto Ligonha pegmatites.

Correia Neves and Lopes Nunes (1968) described montebrasite, fluorapatite, amblygonite, triplite, hureaulite, phosphosiderite, variscite, eosphorite and bermanite from Alto Ligonha pegmatites.

Petalite is reported as one of several lithium-bearing minerals (including also lepidolite, amblygonite and spodumene) known to occur at seven pegmatites and pegmatite groups (DSGM, 1974).

Correia Neves and Lopes Nunes (1968) described phosphosiderite, hureaulite, montebrasite, fluorapatite, amblygonite, triplite, variscite, eosphorite and bermanite from Alto Ligonha pegmatites.

Spodumene, including the varieties hiddenite and kunzite, as well as other lithium minerals such as lepidolite, petalite and amblygonite, have been reported from seven major pegmatites and pegmatite groups (DSGM, 1974), including the Mujane pegmatite (Sinkankas, 1981).

THE ALTO LIGONHA PEGMATITES MOZAMBIQUE

In triphylite, the hureaulite often forms prolate nodules having a spongy or reticulated texture, the cavities having been lined with microcrystal crusts of amblygonite, barbosalite, rockbridgeite, tavorite and vivianite.