Petalite is one of those minerals that today are in the sights of mining companies since it is an aluminum and lithium silicate, lithium is an essential element for the manufacture of batteries. A exfoliated very good size and shiny specimen.

Size: 6.9 x 5 x 2.5 cm.
Found in ± 1978.

Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona).
Fluorescent under short wave UV

In this specimen we can observe cookeite in pink tones. It is associated with eucryptite, a rare lithium aluminosilicate, and quartz. Eucriptite-quartz pseudomorphs were first discovered at this Australian mine in 1963, they are pale pink and, more rarely, dark glassy brown in color, and fluoresce reddish under shortwave ultraviolet light. Eucryptite is in the area indicated by the arrow.

Size: 6.4 x 4 x 3.6 cm.
Found in ±1978.

Col. J. Astor, Barcelona.
Fluorescent under short wave UV