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Epidote On Grossular

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Epidote On Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Kara #1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire District, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

A three dimensional cluster of lusterous dark greenish brown grossular crystals with a fine dressing of pistashio green small epidote crystals

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...

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Earthstones Australia

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