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Quartz & Epidote

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Quartz & Epidote

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Poiana Botizii, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4.7 × 1.9 cm
Description

Wonderful floating specimen of quartz combined with epidote from Romania. The quartz crystals show a light purple colour in the tips.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
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