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Epidote With Byssolite

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Epidote With Byssolite

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Description
Locality: 
Seekar, Seebach Lake, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.8 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
35.00gr
Description

Rich lithoclase featuring a dozen dark green epidote crystals cropping out of a carpet of pale green hairy byssolite. Epidote is lustrous and has gemmy tips, better visible when backlit.

Classic, yet lesser known Austrian locality. A good quality miniature from this Alpine paragenesis.

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...

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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