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Product Description
Lepidolite with Tourmaline Sprays Unpolished Rough Rock
This smaller unpolished lavender Lepidolite with Tourmaline sprays natural rough rock is 2.8 inches by 2 inches and 1.5 inches at its thickest.
It weighs .46 lbs., comes from an old collection, and is shown wet in the 6 first pictures.
This lavender colored shimmery Lepidolite with some tiny sprays of pink Tourmaline rough rock is an uncommon purple mica that was first discovered in 1861 in the Czech Republic.
This Lepidolite also comes from the Stewart Mine in Pala, California. In 1969 Pala Properties International opened the mine in search of Tourmaline. Lepidolite is often found as a matrix material to Tourmaline and Quartz.
This semiprecious gemstone is a by-product of the mining of lithium and owes its purple color to lithium's proximity.
Lepidolite has a pearly luster and it is also sometimes called Lavender Lepidolite or Purple Jade.
The name Lepidolite is from the Greek word lepidos, meaning scale, because Lepidolite normally appears scaly.
Metaphysical Properties of Lepidolite: Lepidolite is believed to be most effective in calming frayed nerves and helping one to release stress and worry.
