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Epidote On Quartz

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Epidote On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Jebel Ewargizen, Tirrhist, Anemzi, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.9 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
242.00gr
Description

Significant cabinet covered with hundreds of pistachio epidote bowties nicely decorating a convex milky quartz drusy.

Good lustre and quality for the entire specimen, covered in crystal for the vast majority of its surface. Minor peripheral bruising, the specimen is over 15 years old and comes from an Italian collector.

Quite photogenic!

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...

Quartz

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

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