Bikitaite and Eosphorite

Bikitaite is a rare zeolite occurring in only two known localities, as an alteration product of spodumene in lithium-rich pegmatite dikes. This thumbnail features a large blade of Bikitaite on which is perched many radial aggregates of acicular eosphorite.

Locality: Foote Lithium Company Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Composition:   lithium tectosilicate and manganese hydrous phosphate