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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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

An excellent example from this small find. Lustrous white to transparent albite crystals, associated with small and lustrous epidote crystals. The back shows some chlorite included albite crystals with a greenish color.

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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