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Stilbite & Epidote

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Stilbite & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Diaboukara, Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.1 × 10.1 × 8.6 cm
Description

This superb specimen is not only impressive, it is aesthetically as well. Numerous of relatively large bow-ties of yolk-yellow and lucent stilbite richly perched on a cluster of epidote. The stilbite is also rich of faces what gives this gorgeous specimen a sparkly look. This is a superfine cabinet specimen with two sides suitable for display.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stilbite

Synonym Of: 

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Stilbite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)6-7[Al8Si28O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White

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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