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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
West Pokot County, Kenya
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm
Description

A sharp terminated, complete, end-pointed and glossy epidote crystal from this more rare locality. Minor quartz is intergrown to this large crystal. The dimension is very impressive for the locality and epidote from Kenya is generally very rare and hard to obtain.

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...