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Epidote

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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Antrona Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4.1 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Green, transparent, sharp, complex epidote crystals up to 8 mm across on matrix from Antrona Valley, Italy. A really nice epidote specimen from not so very often seen Italian locality.

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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