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Epidote With Calcite & Byssolite

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RBR72216

Epidote With Calcite & Byssolite

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Description
Locality: 
Aigner Alp, Schellgaden, Murwinkel, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
20 × 8 × 6 cm
Description

Epidote is very rare in the Lungau area. The crystals are never bigger than on the particular piece. Epidote up to 3mm. Tabular white calcite up to 5mm in diameter. Minor byssolite. Very rare and unusual material from Lungau-area.

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...

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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