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Epidote & Hornblende

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Epidote & Hornblende

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Description
Locality: 
La Juanona Quarry, Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 6.5 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
115.00gr
Description

New epidote specimens are coming out this mine which was stoped for years. Works are back to the quarry and new specimens are popping out with a better quality that what is usually found there. Some hornblende crystals pop out of the epidote needles.Very lustrous and sparkly with a deep green colour. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Hornblende

Synonym Of: 

Ferro-hornblende

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Fe2+4Al}(AlSi7O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Magnesio-hornblende

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(AlSi7O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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