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Epidote

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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm
Description

A very good and impressive group of elongated, partly glossy epidote crystals - they are all end-pointed and free-standing. This is really a good piece from this well known locality.

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: 
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