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Epidote Albite & Byssolite

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Epidote Albite & Byssolite

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Description
Locality: 
Seebach Valley, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 5 × 2.8 cm
Description

Green epidote crystals with white albite crystals and byssolite crystals

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...

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

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