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Epidote & Quartz

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm
Description

Imposant cluster of highly lustrous epidote from Alaska! This fantastic specimen is even developed as a floater and shows a beautiful growth habitus as well as a good satturated green colour. Best about this esthetic piece is that it is even combined with some well developed and intergrown quartz crystals at the front side of the cluster.

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...

Quartz

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