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Epidote Var Piemontite With Magnetite

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Epidote Var Piemontite With Magnetite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 7.5 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
150.00gr
Description

Dark red-brown manganoan epidote with quartz. Comes with old label and on-glued corresponding number sticker.

The label means: "Manganepidot, dunkelrothbaun, mit Magnetit in Quarz St. Marcell Piemont" (Manganoan epidote, dark red-brown with magnetite in quartz. St. Marcell Piemont)

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...

Piemontite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Mn3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Reddish
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

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