Petalite- Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Petalite- Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Petalite
Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Dimensions: 6.1 × 3.1 × 1.5 cm
Provenance: Original catalog label No. 174 included.
Colorless to pale gray Petalite forms a translucent crystalline mass with broad, strongly developed cleavage surfaces and a vitreous to softly pearly luster. The overlapping cleavage planes create a layered, glassy appearance, with minor cream to tan mineral staining across portions of the specimen.
Petalite is a lithium aluminum silicate characteristic of lithium-rich pegmatites. Varuträsk is a classic Swedish rare-element pegmatite locality, notable for its exceptionally diverse lithium-caesium-tantalum mineralization and abundant Petalite, Spodumene, Lepidolite, and Pollucite.
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