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Epidote

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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Alta Ribagorça, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm
Description

Beautiful dark green and highly lustrous epidote crystals up to 1.1 cm on green matrix. The specimen stands in this position without any support (first photo). The piece is well crystalized all around – only the bottom was extracted from the rock. No visible damage to report!

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...