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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Antrona Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 14.1 × 4.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
645.00gr
Description

Unusually significantly large plate of epidote from the classic Alpine locality of Antrona. Several dozens of olive green epidote crystals with exceptional lustre and transparency, with textbook shape, populate this matrix specimen.

Definitely uncommon in this size, this specimen is over 30 years old. 

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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