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Ferropargasite Epidote & Calcite

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Ferropargasite Epidote & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Manuel-Mercedes Open Pit, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 5.7 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.80cm
Weight: 
127.00gr
Description

Large mineral composition formed by the conglomerate of ferro-pargasite fibrous crystals of a dark green to black color, of vitreous luster and monoclinic crystalline system; greenish epidote crystals, vitreous luster and monoclinic crystalline system as well; and pink calcite crystals on which the epidote and ferro-pargasite crystals settle. A characteristic piece of the mines of Cala, in the province of Huelva.

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...

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Aragonite and Vaterite
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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AM0477 Ferro pargasite Epidote and Pink Calcite Cala Mines

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