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Epidote

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MGR723098

Epidote

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Tormiq, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.6 × 0.8 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater. The termination is razor-sharp, luster is perfect all around and teh translucency is very good. I used minor backlight for photography, but even daylight is enough to show the internal colors. Depending on the angle you look at it you can see red-brown to elbaite-green color. Not too many specimen show the pleochroism so well as the particular one. Only a minor contact along one edge at the back, 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...