{"product_id":"pollucite-por103","title":"Pollucite.  POR103","description":"\u003cp\u003ePOR103.  Pollucite rough rock..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Extremely rare mineral specimen or suitable for cutting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions at widest points approx. 80 mm x 60 mm x 50 mm thick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeighs 432 grams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom near Norseman, Western Australia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePollucite only occurs in extremely differentiated lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEconomic caesium deposits are extremely rare, with only two mining operations worldwide having produced commercial quantities of pollucite. In 2018 a third deposit was mined in Western Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pegmatite consists of an outerwall zone that is coarse grained, and dominated\u003cbr\u003eby plagioclase feldspar, muscovite and quartz with other accessory minerals; and an inner core zone composed of quartz, albite (cleavelandite), lepidolite, pollucite, petalite,zinnwaldite, eucryptite, beryl and amblygonite. The corezone is ‘capped’ by a thick potassium feldspar zone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GemStoneGeeks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054525530300,"sku":"POR103","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1545\/1937\/files\/20260704_111830_d4c28e95-7fee-441a-8285-61123a0c0f1a.jpg?v=1783136843","url":"https:\/\/sales.gemstonegeeks.com\/products\/pollucite-por103","provider":"GemstoneGeeks.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}