Specimen data for Sicklerite

Tom Mortimer catalog number: 1725

Identification method: Visual. Field collected by Bob Janules. The primary phosphate at the Chandler Mine is lithiophilite. Weathering of lithiophilite yields sicklerite. For comparison, at the Palermo Mine, weathering of triphylite yields ferrisicklerite.

Notes: References: Lavoie, Frank (1985): Recent Activity at the Chandler Mine, Raymond, New Hampshire (Rocks and Minerals 60:262,270-273)

Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264)