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Epidote & Byssolite

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Epidote & Byssolite

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Description
Locality: 
Zard Mountain, Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Attractive "bowtie"-shaped aggregate of dark greenish-black epidote crystals.Superb in quality, crystallized all around (I don't find any damage!), and unusual shape.
There are some green byssolite crystals in hollows.

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...

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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