Lepidolite, Muscovite Harding Pegmatite-Dixon, NM

Lepidolite a lithium ore along with Rose Muscovite is very plentiful at the mine as purple rocks shown in the pictures below.  Make sure you stop at the caretakers house to sign the waiver before you go to the mine otherwise its off-limits.  The photos don’t show the purple as well — they are really pretty purple, but you get the gist!

Here is the link to the University of New Mexico page for the Harding Pegmatite (since its owned by them).

Some pictures of the mine:

See the distinct purple banding on the walls of the shaft:

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