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Epidote

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Epidote

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Locality: 
Alta Ribagorça, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 7.4 × 5.8 cm
Description

Beautiful dark green lustrous epidote crystals up to 1 cm on massive epidote from a new find from a discovery by an Austrian strahler. The specimen is very good fro the locality, crystals are up to 15mm, rich on front and backside and shows very good assemble with an exposed main group. Although the matrix consist also of epidote ther is a good contrast, matrix looks much lighter than crystals. In very fine condition damage-wise.

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...