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Epidote

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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Nascio, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Very unknown Italian locality and very unusual see specimens from there. Groups of prismatic fan-shaped epidote crystals with an excellent brilliance and transparence. From the former Joan Astor collection (Barcelona), well known Catalan mineralogist and photographer.

Acquired: 
1975
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...