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Epidote

Origin: Lola Claim, Near Hawthorne, Mineral Co, Nevada, U.S.A.

Ex. Marty Lewadny Collection

Sample size: 9.1 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm

Epidote on quartz

Origin: Loshan, Sichuan Prov, China

Sample size: 5.7 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm

Epidote with quartz

Origin: Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China

Sample size: 19 x 14.4 x 4.2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Dark green terminated crystals of epidote to 34 mm in length with minor quartz.

Origin: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm

The specimen consists of a prismatic green epidote crystal measuring 15 mm in length laying length-wise across a matrix of "uralite", or actinolite after diopside. Minor magnetite in association.

Origin: Calumet Mine, Chaffee Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 4.8 cm (top), 6.5 x 7 x 6 cm (2nd/bottom row)

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

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Epidote with quartz

Origin: Guangdong prov., China

Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection

Sample size: 12 x 6 x 5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

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