EPIDOTE with ACTINOLITE

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Gemmy, bottle to deep sage-green translucent Epidote from the Knappenwandmulde series of epidote-amphibolites are amongst some of the world's best Epidote crystals. These were firs t discovered while prospecting for copper in 1865. This superb large miniature specimen has three main epidote crystals which grow outwards from a common origin. Two of these, which measure 3.2 and 2.7 cm long, are not terminated as the crystals have been broken, probably because of extraction while in-situ. The third however is 4.9 cm long and with a perfect, pyramidally-stepped termination. Mid-way along this crystal is a cluster of smaller, all terminated, Epidote crystals, partly coated in fine super-delicate hair-like Actinolite crystals. If this specimen is destined for your collection, then do study it very carefully before handling it, as a finger in the wrong place will readily crush the Actinolite. A choice specimen indeed! Show more