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Epidote Quartz & Oligoclase

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Epidote Quartz & Oligoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5 × 12 × 12 cm
Description

Large piece filled with olive green Epidote from this classic Belgian locality.
The crystals reach 20 mm.

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...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Oligoclase

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White

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