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Epidote & Chlorite

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Epidote & Chlorite

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Description
Locality: 
Laurium Mine, Laurium, Houghton County, Michigan, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

A nice, interesting specimen of a nodule of Chlorite on basalt, being replaced internally by Epidote, from the Laurium Mine, in Michigan

  

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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...

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

Seller Information

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Seller's terms and conditions

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Purchases are expected to be paid within 48 hours, unless prior arrangements have been made (such as bidding on more items).  

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