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Epidote

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Epidote

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Buseki Mine, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A half of a nodular druse with lustrous deep green epidote needles inside. Nice and uncommon.
Shinano was one of the historic provinces of Japan, bow belonging to Nagano Prefecture.
Weight: 85 grams

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...

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