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Zoisite

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 8.5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.30cm
Description

A remarkable specimen of sharply crystallized, elongate, transparent zoisite crystals from this remote mining valley!

This is one of a handful of specimens (and one of the very top pieces) brought in 2003. No more showed up since that time, so it seems to have been a one-off shot.

Very good and rich specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Prickler Halt, Ladinger Spitze - Speikkogel area, Saualpe, Carinthia, Austria