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Epidote

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Epidote

Former collection Kasper (CH)
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Description
Locality: 
Calanda, Chur Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
49.00gr
Description

Elegant drusy consisting of elongated olive green epidote crystals associated to colorless quartz. Associated, grey bissolite candidly covering the metamorphic matrix.

Quite representative of the area, this is an oldtimer, as it comes from the former Kasper collection (CH) and it dates back to the '70s or earlier.

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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