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Epidote & Albite

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Epidote & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Hotvedt Quarry, Fokserød, Sandefjord, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.6 × 4 cm
Description

Many pretty green epidote and white albite crystals are set in a cavity within a reddish/pinkish feldspar rock. The epidote crystals are mostly 2-3 mm in size, often transparent and very well developped.

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...

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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