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Epidote

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Locality: 
Knappenwand, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very unique epidote specimen. Those little shiny crystals are really scepters, one grown on another.
And the Knappenwand is perhaps the most famous of all classic epidote localities.

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...

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