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Epidote

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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Falin Lake, Usseglio, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

A wonderful thumbnail - a sharp terminated, modified epidote crystal set on small matrix and framed by smaller crystals. The main crytal is very exposed, free-satnding. It is sharp terminated, comaplete and lustrous all around and the pleochroismus is very well visible. Should be high ranked for rare locality and superb quality and aesthetic.

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...