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Molybdenite & Epidote

Ex coll. Joachim schöne, Dresden
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Garnet Hill Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

A very good specimen with shiny metallic grey molybdenite crystals on/in a typical epidote and quartz matrix.

Old time specimen aquired in 1962 from R. Phillipos, Fairfax, California

About the Moore Co. Mine, mentioned on the label, I could not find any records.

Ex collection Joachim Schöne, Dresden

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

Formula: 
MoS2
Strunz: 
2.EA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5

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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