A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Epidote with calcite |
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| Description | This sample contains mostly coarse dark green epidote crystals and salmon colored calcite. Epidote is a silicate with the chemical formula, Ca2(Al,Fe)3Si3O12(OH). It gets its name from the Greek words epi and didonai, to give-over, in reference to one side being larger than the others in many crystals. The field of view here is approximately 9 cm across. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-01-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1272. |
| Key words | epidote, silicate |
| Tech details | 898 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1962 |
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