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Epidote

German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I in 1979/80.

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Description
Locality: 
Lillie Marleen Camp, Everett Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Flat lying bottle green epidote crystals on Admiralty granite matrix.

Rare material from this locality !

The specimen was found during the first German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I in 1979/80.

Ex collection Dipl. Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - the mineralogist from this expedition

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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