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Smoky Quartz & Epidote

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Smoky Quartz & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Luoyang, Henan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm
Description

Many interconnected lustrous translucent green epidote crystals with smoky quartz on the feldspar matrix. All the epidote crystals are concentrated on one side of the feldspar and smoky quartz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

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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