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Epidote Emplectite & Pharmacolite

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Epidote Emplectite & Pharmacolite

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Description
Locality: 
Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm
Description

Very rarely seen epidote from the Glasberg quarry. With thin white fibres of pharmacolite and grayish emplectite needles. There are other minerals present which might prove interesting. The dark mass looks like clinochlore under a strong magnifying lense.

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...

Emplectite

Formula: 
CuBiS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystlas
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Pharmacolite

Formula: 
Ca(HAsO4)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sophia Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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