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Quartz & Epidote

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Quartz & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

A nice combination of sharp terminated, water-clear and lustrous crystals in combination with epidote. A fine sample from this well known locality, no significant damages to report.

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...