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Lepidolite Microcline from Padrón river, Estepona, Malaga, Spain.

Daniel C Montero

From the lithium pegmatites in the Padrón river, Estepona, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain, better known for their beautiful Elbaite and Rubellite crystals found by the Mancilla brothers in 1988, we can also find Lepidolite crystal clusters with yellow fluorescence under short wave UV light. and blue microcline.

Under short wave UV light.

Under visible light.

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