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Epidote With Byssolite

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QRI912824

Epidote With Byssolite

Former collection Weber (CH) & Christian Mavris
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Knappenwand, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
26.00gr
Description

Rich miniature featuring numerous centimetric epidote crystals of quite good lustre, grown onto hairy byssolite-coated matrix.
Epidote is deep green, transparent at the tips, and contrasts with the relatively pale byssolite fibers.

An oldtimer of great size and quality. From the renowned Weber collection (Switzerland, pre-1951) and also mine. 

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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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