Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Ferro-actinolite & Epidote

Views:
Watches:
FNW44125

Ferro-actinolite & Epidote

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
La Juanona Quarry, Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Prismatic crystals of ferroactinolite on matrix with green epidote crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferro-actinolite

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Fe2+5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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...
Fine Minerals World