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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Thick dark green striated crystals of epidote twinned on {100}. The definition of the edges is very good and lustre is superb.

Ex. Bob Janssens specimen #1008.

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...

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