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Epidote & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.22 × 4.92 × 3.38 cm
Description

Lustrous light to dark Green Epidote from classic Alaska locality.  Many pin wheel clusters over matrix with Quartz present.  All crystals well terminated with no damage.  Very aesthetic.

Ex my personal collection.  L2478

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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