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Epidote & Pericline

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Epidote & Pericline

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Description
Locality: 
Auernig, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.3 × 13.2 × 6.7 cm
Description

A huge plate of snowy white, sharp termianted pericline crystals in combination with dark green, well shaped tiny epidote crystals. More uncommon material from this famous locality in the heart of Austrian Alps. No significant damages to report.

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...

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0