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Epidote on Actinolite var. Byssolite from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, near Salzburg, Austria

 
Epidote on Actinolite var. Byssolite from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, near Salzburg, Austria

Epidote on Actinolite var. Byssolite from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, near Salzburg, Austria

Epidote on Actinolite var. Byssolite from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, near Salzburg, Austria

DESCRIPTION:No. 44504
Mineral:Epidote on Actinolite var. Byssolite
Locality:Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, near Salzburg, Austria
Description:Lustrous black epidote crystals to 40 mm long surrounded by acicular green actinolite crystals to 5 mm long with smaller yellow-green epidote crystals to 5 mm. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:8x5.5x5.5 cm
Crystals:micro-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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