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Prehnite & Epidote

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Prehnite & Epidote

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
An Gearna, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.2 × 2.3 cm
Weight: 
67.00gr
Description

A very unusual specimen from this classic Scottish locality consisting of large fan-like clusters of green epidote crystals coated with clusters of snow white prehnite crystals. LC

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prehnite

Formula: 
Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DP.20
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Karoo dolerites, Cradock, Chris Hani District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

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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