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Epidote & Garnet On Quartz

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Epidote & Garnet On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 4 cm
Description

One of the best pieces I have seen from the locality,the only one with good garnet crystals!The epidote crystal is big,glassy and with very high translucency!The color is intense in good contrast with the matrix.In very good condition,especially the main crystal!The garnet crystals are brown and under good light translucent!

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

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