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Albite With Epidote

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Albite With Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Krieza Koskina, Euboea Island, Central Greece, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

This specimen comes from a recent find of albite and epidote that has been made in Evia. These albite specimens are excellent for Greece and are usually associated with nice gemmy small epidote crystals. This piece is actually a very large for the locality crystal with some epidotes attached on it. There is some contacting at the back of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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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