Diameter of the balls of purple Lepidolite: 4mm.
The strands are 40cm long and strung for transport. We recommend that you always replace the transport thread with suitable knotting material.
The Jesuit Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723 - 1798) discovered the mineral Lepidolite and first named it Lilalith (purple stone). This designation was criticized in the technical world as too little scientifically, so that the mineral received 1795 the designation Lepidolite, which is still in use today. This name derives from the Greek words "lepidion" (scaly) and lithos (stone) and means translated "scaly stone" or "scaly stone". Spellings like leipolite, lepitolite, lepitolite or lepidolite are therefore not correct.
Synonyms are lithium mica, lilathite, hydropolylithionite, lithium mica and rhomium mica.