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Laumontite & Epidote

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Laumontite & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Sligachan Quarry, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm
Weight: 
41.00gr
Description

Basalt matrix with an amygdale lined with an attractive combination of lustrous green epidote crystals and white prismatic laumontite crystals.

The specimen will be supplied boxed and labelled.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Laumontite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

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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