A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Coarsely crystalline epidote from Peru |
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| Description | This specimen, 9 cm in longest dimension, contains mostly radiating crystals of dark green-black epidote, Ca2(Al,Fe)3Si3O12(OH). Minor quartz (clear, white) is also present. Epidote is typically fine grained or massive with a “pistachio” color. When in radiating aggregates, such as this specimen, the color generally appears darker. |
| Location | Peru. Near Mina Rasario Mabel Huancavelica. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-03. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | epidote, Peru |
| Tech details | 563 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifil FinePix S1 Pro digital camera.. |
| GeoDIL number | 1025 |
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