Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Epidote

Views:
Watches:
NST618900

Epidote

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.40cm
Description

A sample of terminated, olive green epidote from Xanthi.

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...