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Albite & Epidote

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Albite & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

Very glossy, sharp terminated albite in amazing, partly translucent quality with a large isolated exposed main crystal in teh center of the piece. Minor epidote helps to give a little bit of contrast to the piece. Hard to photograph, much better in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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...