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Epidote On Diopside & Byssolite

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TBM773709

Epidote On Diopside & Byssolite

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Description
Locality: 
Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4 × 4.8 cm
Weight: 
124.00gr
Description

Classic specimen with a pair of 8 mm long prismatic crystals implanted on a felt of acycular Byssolite crystals. Numerous Diopside crystals emerge from the Byssolite felt

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...

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0