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Byssolite Adularia & Epidote

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Byssolite Adularia & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Selva dei Molini Valley, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

Nice, 'hairy' byssolite crystals on adularia (uncommonly shaped, elongated crystals) and minor, moss-green epidote.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Adularia

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6 Ortho - clase

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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