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Augite With Epidote

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Augite With Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Untersulzbach Valley, Zell am See district, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.7 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Dark green lustrous crystals of augite associated to sharp glassy green epidote crystals, that richly cover a metamorphic rock matrix.

Acquired in 1988. Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen, #1150.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Augite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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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