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Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Knappenwand, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 4.8 × 3.3 cm
Weight: 
109.00gr
Description

Green epidote crystals that form subparallel groups associated to fibrous green byssolite and white tabular albite, on a green fibrous matrix. Representative specimen from Knappenwand, a super classic Alpine locality.

Acquired in 1971 to Stenelux by Wilfred Moorer (1945-2015), #1569.

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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...

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