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Epidote

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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Knappenwand, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

A wonderful single crystal from this most important locality for epidote world-wide. There were no relevant discoveries since a couple of years, so this material becomes more and more rare. The crystal is double terminated, it is shows excellent luster and good translucency (I did the first photo with minor backlight, teh seond under daylight). No significant damages to report.

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...