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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Arendal, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.2 × 8 × 6.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.60cm
Description

Several dark green epidote crystals, the largest about 2.5 x 0.7 cm in size, are embedded in a reddish calcite vein penetrating an epidote/amphibole rock. Classic specimen from the Arendal Iron Mines. Comes with two old labels from 19th century.

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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