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Quartz & Epidote

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Quartz & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.9 × 2.6 × 3 cm
Description

An elongated, pale green thin crystal raise up from epidote matrix. Aesthetic on high level! The quartz crystal shows a light red-brown zoning at the upper third, down to it´s base the green saturation becomes stronger and darker.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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...