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Epidote

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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Zhob Valley, Quetta district, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 4.4 × 3 cm
Description

There has been a new find of magnificent epidote specimens in the Zhob District in Pakistan. This especially fine specimen strikes with excellent quality and aesthetics alike! This piece is completely perfect all around. The very sculptural, fragile epidote is accompanied by snow-white albite which adds a little more contrast to the already striking aesthetics of this piece! There is no damage anywhere. Even the smallest, most fragile epidote needles are fully intact.

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...