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Garnet & Epidote

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Garnet & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Garnet Hill Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm
Description

Garnet and epidote concentrically intergrown with the dominant epidote nevertheless taking on a garnet habitus

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...