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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

Lustrous transparent olive-green epidote crystals in a formation of parallel crystals; well crystallized as an undamaged floater specimen. The faces are highly gloss with a stipe structure. With backlit the specimen shows its true character, a very transparent honey-green color! This piece is from the collection of Albert Strasser, I think it is at least 30 years old.

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...