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Epidote & Byssolite

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Epidote & Byssolite

Ex Dr. Thomas Raber Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Monte Cervandone Area, Devero Alp, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.2 × 2.6 cm
Description

A fine specimen with a bunch of olive-brown, elongated crystals of epidote, accompanied by fibrous byssolite. The epidote is well defined, high lustrous and partly transparent. A good specimen from the Dr. Thomas Raber Collection,- connoisseur and collector of Binntal minerals.

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...

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

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