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Epidote

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MGR715686

Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Tormiq, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5.3 × 5.2 cm
Description

An amazing specimen of elongated Epidote crystals - they are all endpointed, sharp and lustrous - attractively set on snowy white matrix. A few sharp Albite crystals are attachted, the whole assemble reminds to a ship! This material came out in season 2018, this is the 2nd best piece from the discovery - there was not even a fist full of specimen on matrix and the aesthetics of this piece is really outstanding. Hard to photograph - much better in person.

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...