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(1938): Influence of rare earths and other components on physico-optic properties of the epidote group. Chemie der Erde 11, 525-551.",{"id":289,"year":290,"html":291,"doi":11},1118647,1892,"Dana, Edward Salisbury; Dana, James Dwight (1892) \u003Ci>A System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.",{"id":293,"year":294,"html":295,"doi":11},16108453,1954,"Gottardi G. (1954) Dati ed osservazioni sulla struttura dell'epidoto. Periodico di Mineralogia: 245-250.",{"id":297,"year":298,"html":299,"doi":11},523237,1959,"Seki., Yôtarô (1959) Relation between chemical composition and lattice constants of epidote. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  44 (7-8) 720-730 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM44\u002FAM44_720.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":301,"year":302,"html":303,"doi":304},7745735,1962,"Chatterjee, Niranjan Deb (1962) Vesuvianite-epidote paragenesis as a product of greenschist facies of regional metamorphism in the Western Alps. \u003Ci>Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie\u003C\u002Fi>,  8 (6). 432-439 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf01082095'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf01082095\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf01082095",{"id":306,"year":307,"html":308,"doi":11},525017,1968,"Keith, Terry E. C., Muffler, L. J. Patrick, Cremer, and Marcelyn (1968) Hydrothermal epidote formed in the Salton Sea geothermal system, California. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  53 (9-10) 1635-1644 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM53\u002FAM53_1635.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":310,"year":311,"html":312,"doi":11},525587,1971,"Dollase, W. A. (1971) Refinement of the crystal structures of epidote, allanite, and hancockite. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  56 (3-4) 447-464 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM56\u002FAM56_447.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":314,"year":315,"html":316,"doi":11},526008,1973,"Gabe, Eric J., Portheine, Jan C., Whitlow, and Simon H. (1973) A reinvestigation of the epidote structure: Confirmation of the iron location. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  58 (3-4) 218-223 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM58\u002FAM58_218.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":318,"year":319,"html":320,"doi":321},74560,1977,"Brown, E. H. (1977) Phase equilibria among pumpellyite, lawsonite, epidote and associated minerals in low grade metamorphic rocks. \u003Ci>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  64 (2) 123-136 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00371507'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00371507\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00371507",{"id":323,"year":324,"html":325,"doi":326},179854,1982,"SMITH, R. E., PERDRIX, J. L., PARKS, T. C. (1982) Burial Metamorphism in the Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. \u003Ci>Journal of Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  23 (1) 75-102 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F23.1.75'>doi:10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F23.1.75\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F23.1.75",{"id":328,"year":329,"html":330,"doi":331},672026,1984,"Sakai, Chihiro, Higashino, Toshio, Enami, Masaki (1984) REE-bearing epidote from Sanbagawa pelitic schists, central Shikoku, Japan. \u003Ci>GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL\u003C\u002Fi>,  18 (2) 45-53 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2343\u002Fgeochemj.18.45'>doi:10.2343\u002Fgeochemj.18.45\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2343\u002Fgeochemj.18.45",{"id":333,"year":334,"html":335,"doi":336},190251,1988,"Kvick, Å., Pluth, J. J., Richardson, J. W., Smith, J. V. (1988) The ferric ion distribution and hydrogen bonding in epidote: a neutron diffraction study at 15 K. \u003Ci>Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science\u003C\u002Fi>,  44 (4) 351-355 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1107\u002Fs0108768188001491'>doi:10.1107\u002Fs0108768188001491\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1107\u002Fs0108768188001491",{"id":338,"year":339,"html":340,"doi":341},18228301,1991,"Absar, Ahsan (1991) Hydrothermal Epidote - An Indicator of Temperature and Fluid Composition. \u003Ci>Journal Geological Society of India\u003C\u002Fi>,  38 (6). 625-628 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.17491\u002Fjgsi\u002F1991\u002F380610'>doi:10.17491\u002Fjgsi\u002F1991\u002F380610\u003C\u002Fa>","10.17491\u002Fjgsi\u002F1991\u002F380610",{"id":343,"year":344,"html":345,"doi":346},126926,1992,"Janeczek, Janusz, Sachanbinski, Michael (1992) Babingtonite, Y-Al-rich titanite, and zoned epidote from the Strzegom pegmatites, Poland. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  4 (2) 307-320 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F4\u002F2\u002F0307'>doi:10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F4\u002F2\u002F0307\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F4\u002F2\u002F0307",{"id":348,"year":349,"html":350,"doi":351},393444,1996,"Holland, T. J. B., Redfern, Simon A. T., Pawley, A. R. (1996) Volume behavior of hydrous minerals at high pressure and temperature: II. Compressibilities of lawsonite, zoisite, clinozoisite, and epidote. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  81 (3). 341-348 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-1996-3-408'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-1996-3-408\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fam\u002Fvol81\u002FAM81_341.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-1996-3-408",{"id":353,"year":354,"html":355,"doi":11},16099858,1997,"Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A., Zussman, J. (1997) \u003Ci>Rock-Forming Minerals\u003C\u002Fi> (2nd ed.) Vol. 1b - Disilicates and Ring Silicates. The Geological Society.",{"id":357,"year":358,"html":359,"doi":360},394003,1999,"Giuli, Gabriele; Bonazzi, Paola; Menchetti, Silvio (1999) Al-Fe disorder in synthetic epidotes: A single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  84 (5). 933-936 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-1999-5-629'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-1999-5-629\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fam\u002Fvol84\u002FAM84_933.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-1999-5-629",{"id":362,"year":363,"html":364,"doi":11},16964126,2001,"(2001) Epidote. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fepidote.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":366,"year":367,"html":368,"doi":369},6702728,2004,"Gieré, R., Sorensen, S. S. (2004) Allanite and Other REE-Rich Epidote-Group Minerals. In \u003Ci>Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry\u003C\u002Fi> Vol. 56. Mineralogical Society of America. p.431-493. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fgsrmg.56.1.431'>doi:10.2138\u002Fgsrmg.56.1.431\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fgsrmg.56.1.431",{"id":371,"year":372,"html":373,"doi":374},90133,2006,"NAGASHIMA, Mariko (2006) Hydrothermal syntheses of epidote and piemontites on the join Ca2Al2Fe3+Si3O12(OH)-Ca2Al2Mn3+Si3O12(OH) at relatively low pressures of 200-400 MPa. \u003Ci>Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences\u003C\u002Fi>,  101 (1) 1-9 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2465\u002Fjmps.101.1'>doi:10.2465\u002Fjmps.101.1\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jstage.jst.go.jp\u002Farticle\u002Fjmps\u002F101\u002F1\u002F101_1_1\u002F_pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2465\u002Fjmps.101.1",{"id":376,"year":372,"html":377,"doi":378},128569,"Armbruster, Thomas, Bonazzi, Paola, Akasaka, Masahide, Bermanec, Vladimir, Chopin, Christian, Gieré, Reto, Heuss-Assbichler, Soraya, Liebscher, Axel, Menchetti, Silvio, Pan, Yuanming, Pasero, Marco (2006) Recommended nomenclature of epidote-group minerals. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  18 (5) 551-567 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2006\u002F0018-0551'>doi:10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2006\u002F0018-0551\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2006\u002F0018-0551",{"id":380,"year":381,"html":382,"doi":383},15188610,2017,"White, Alistair J. R., Laukamp, Carsten, Stokes, Mark A., Legras, Monica, Pejcic, Bobby (2017) Vibrational spectroscopy of epidote, pumpellyite and prehnite applied to low-grade regional metabasites. \u003Ci>Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis\u003C\u002Fi>, 17 (4) 315-333 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1144\u002Fgeochem2016-007'>doi:10.1144\u002Fgeochem2016-007\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1144\u002Fgeochem2016-007",{"id":385,"year":386,"html":387,"doi":388},16106130,2023,"Nagashima, Mariko; Mihailova, Boriana (2023) Optimal Raman-scattering signal for estimating the Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup> content on the clinozoisite–epidote join. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  35 (2). 267-283 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.5194\u002Fejm-35-267-2023'>doi:10.5194\u002Fejm-35-267-2023\u003C\u002Fa>","10.5194\u002Fejm-35-267-2023",{"id":390,"year":391,"html":392,"doi":393},18125089,2025,"Whitney, Donna L., Wilke, Max, Hanel, Sara E., Heidelbach, Florian, Mathon, Olivier, Rosa, Angelika D. (2025) Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>∕ΣFe variation in lawsonite and epidote in subducted oceanic crust. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  37 (2). 143-149 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.5194\u002Fejm-37-143-2025'>doi:10.5194\u002Fejm-37-143-2025\u003C\u002Fa>","10.5194\u002Fejm-37-143-2025",[395,405,412,418,426,434,442,449,458,467,476,485,493,502,510,515,524,528,536,545,554,559,566,571,578,587,594,601,608,617,625,631,639,649,656,662,672,681,688,696,703,709,716,723,729,735,743,750,757,765,772,779,788,795,804],{"id":396,"source_url":397,"license_code":398,"credit_html":399,"title":400,"description":401,"author":402,"original_width":403,"original_height":404},92,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10130545","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10130545\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-41426.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Pampa Blanca, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIca_Region\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ica Region\">Ica Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Peru (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-52298.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very showy, complete all-around specimen of radiating fans of lustrous, green epidote blades on matrix from Pampa Blanca, Peru. Very, very minor damage overall to this fine Lewadny Collection piece. 6.5 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",625,504,{"id":406,"source_url":407,"license_code":408,"credit_html":409,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":410,"original_height":411},29664,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F114934","CC BY 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F114934\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,666,{"id":413,"source_url":414,"license_code":415,"credit_html":416,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":410,"original_height":417},29665,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F127834","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F127834\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",908,{"id":419,"source_url":420,"license_code":398,"credit_html":421,"title":422,"description":423,"author":402,"original_width":424,"original_height":425},53486,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146499","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146499\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-154849.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Green Monster Mountain, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPrince_of_Wales_Island\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Prince of Wales Island\">Prince of Wales Island\u003C\u002Fa>, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlaska\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Alaska\">Alaska\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-5835.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.9 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Another specimen from the collection of John Ydren: this, an epidote from one of the great classic epidote localities, a notoriously unpleasant place to collect, the cold and forbidding, windswept Prince of Wales Island off Alaska. This dark green crystal is complete all around and undamaged, with a fine termination and good luster.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",555,600,{"id":427,"source_url":428,"license_code":398,"credit_html":429,"title":430,"description":431,"author":402,"original_width":432,"original_height":433},53487,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148956","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148956\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-167153.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Hachupa (Hashupi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigar_Valley\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigar Valley\">Shigar Valley\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSkardu_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Skardu District\">Skardu District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBaltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Baltistan\">Baltistan\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit-Baltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit-Baltistan\">Northern Areas\u003C\u002Fa>, Pakistan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2532.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.5 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Epidote is one of the most well known of all the Alpine cleft species in the world, and some of the finest Epidote specimens in the world have been coming out of Pakistan in recent years. These specimens are seemingly identical to the classic Alpine specimens from Europe, and in certain instances, have surpassed the European specimens for quality and gemminess. Some of the most well known Epidote specimens from the Alps are the highly sought after \"Faden\" specimens. This crystal group exhibits the classic \"Faden\" (German word for string) form that is well known from this locality. It is a superb, sharp, lustrous, gem\u002Fgemmy, \"extra virgin olive oil green\" color crystal group with the \"Faden\" running perpendicular across the b (010) face of the crystals. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",538,360,{"id":435,"source_url":436,"license_code":398,"credit_html":437,"title":438,"description":439,"author":402,"original_width":440,"original_height":441},53489,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10430188","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10430188\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-d59b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSalzburg\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Salzburg\">Salzburg\u003C\u002Fa>, Austria (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-270.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2.6 x 1.1 x .8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Epidote\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This outstanding Epidote does the worlds greatest locality proud. In addition to fine color, excellent clarity, and superb luster, the sculptural quality of this cluster brings aesthetics to the highest level. This is a fantastic thumb, and BETTER IN PERSON. 2.6 x 1.1 x .8 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",207,400,{"id":443,"source_url":444,"license_code":398,"credit_html":445,"title":446,"description":447,"author":402,"original_width":425,"original_height":448},53491,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10446739","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10446739\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-d05-92a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Near Sadiola Gold Mine, Kayes, Mali\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.4 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Epidote\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Now this IS rare even for this suddenly productive locality! It is a cluster of large, thick, dark green epidote crystals. It has reasonably better lustre in person than you see here, and is quite dramatic.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",511,{"id":450,"source_url":451,"license_code":415,"credit_html":452,"title":453,"description":454,"author":455,"original_width":456,"original_height":457},53494,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50271826","user:Lamiot, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=50271826\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","ÉpidoteFrance Ref374 MuséumHistoireNaturelleLille GLAM2016 Photo.F.Lamiot Blocp.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>","user:Lamiot",3456,3159,{"id":459,"source_url":460,"license_code":408,"credit_html":461,"title":462,"description":463,"author":464,"original_width":465,"original_height":466},53495,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=64184116","Daria Lobacheva, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=64184116\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote from the aeoliaan sediments on the Curonian spit.jpg","The epidote from the aeoliaan sediments on the Curonian spit","Daria Lobacheva",2761,2594,{"id":468,"source_url":469,"license_code":415,"credit_html":470,"title":471,"description":472,"author":473,"original_width":474,"original_height":475},53496,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=113720774","Koreller, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=113720774\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Muséum de Nantes - 249 - Épidote (Pérou).jpg","Épidote, en provenance du Pérou, au Muséum de Nantes","Koreller",2304,1524,{"id":477,"source_url":478,"license_code":408,"credit_html":479,"title":480,"description":481,"author":482,"original_width":483,"original_height":484},53498,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=130355981","Gleb Korovko, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=130355981\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Эпидот(пушкинит).jpg","Epidote crystals on matrix mined in Katsna Yama, Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia – Field of view: 6 mm","Gleb Korovko",5672,3813,{"id":486,"source_url":487,"license_code":398,"credit_html":488,"title":489,"description":490,"author":402,"original_width":491,"original_height":492},53499,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10173342","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10173342\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-287982.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Hachupa (Hashupi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigar_Valley\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigar Valley\">Shigar Valley\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSkardu_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Skardu District\">Skardu District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBaltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Baltistan\">Baltistan\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit-Baltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit-Baltistan\">Northern Areas\u003C\u002Fa>, Pakistan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2532.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.2 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Over the last few years, I have seen less and less fine quality Epidotes from this locality. This species is one of the most well known of all the Alpine cleft minerals in the world, and Pakistan has been producing some of the finest Epidote specimens in the world over the last 15 years. These specimens are seemingly identical to the classic Alpine specimens from Europe, and in certain instances, have surpassed the European specimens for quality and gemminess. This piece is a sharp, lustrous, gem\u002Fgemmy, golden color crystal group with distinct pleochroism as you can see in the photos. One of the crystals appears to be twinned, as there is a distinct symmetry plane that can be viewed from the termination.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",481,432,{"id":494,"source_url":495,"license_code":408,"credit_html":496,"title":497,"description":498,"author":499,"original_width":500,"original_height":501},90,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9529785","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9529785\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote Oisans.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa> - Deposit topotype - Piece of the early nineteenth century - Le Cornillon, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (33x18cm)","Didier Descouens",4592,3056,{"id":503,"source_url":504,"license_code":415,"credit_html":505,"title":506,"description":507,"author":499,"original_width":508,"original_height":509},91,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9534480","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9534480\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote Taillée.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa> Cut - Madagascar - 1.86Cts",3210,1935,{"id":511,"source_url":512,"license_code":415,"credit_html":513,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":410,"original_height":514},31050,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F179365","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F179365\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",750,{"id":516,"source_url":517,"license_code":415,"credit_html":518,"title":519,"description":520,"author":521,"original_width":522,"original_height":523},93,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=99045632","Ivar Leidus, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=99045632\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote - Canta, Lima, Peru.jpg","Green crystals of epidote up to 2.0 cm in length on matrix (6.0×3.5×3.0 cm) with minor manganaxinite. Found from Canta, Lima, Peru.","Ivar Leidus",8000,6000,{"id":525,"source_url":526,"license_code":415,"credit_html":527,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":410,"original_height":514},29184,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F177354","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F177354\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":529,"source_url":530,"license_code":398,"credit_html":531,"title":532,"description":533,"author":402,"original_width":534,"original_height":535},53485,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140459","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140459\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-Actinolite-121120.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FActinolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Actinolite\">Actinolite\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FActinolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Actinolite\">Byssolite\u003C\u002Fa>)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Seekar (Seebachkar), Seebach lake, Seebach valley, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSalzburg\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Salzburg\">Salzburg\u003C\u002Fa>, Austria (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-7810.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.8 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An aesthetic and showy cluster of lustrous, light and dark olive-green epidote crystals to 3.3 cm and partially wrapped in a cloak of soft-to-the-touch, sparkly byssolite needles from a famous Austrian locality - Seebachkar in the Obersulzbach Valley. Ex. Wein Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",365,500,{"id":537,"source_url":538,"license_code":415,"credit_html":539,"title":540,"description":541,"author":542,"original_width":543,"original_height":544},94,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=129563173","Raimond Spekking, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=129563173\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Titanite, Albite, Epidote, Minas Gerais, Brazil-8799.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTitanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Titanite\">Titanite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, Place of discovery: Minas Gerais, Brazil","Raimond Spekking",6441,3623,{"id":546,"source_url":547,"license_code":415,"credit_html":548,"title":549,"description":550,"author":551,"original_width":552,"original_height":553},7890,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146496019","Kritzolina, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146496019\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Axinite - Quartz - Feldspar - Epidote 02.jpg","Axinite - Quartz - Feldspar - Epidote from Strzegom","Kritzolina",5472,3648,{"id":555,"source_url":556,"license_code":415,"credit_html":557,"title":558,"description":550,"author":551,"original_width":552,"original_height":553},95,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146496022","Kritzolina, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146496022\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Axinite - Quartz - Feldspar - Epidote 01.jpg",{"id":560,"source_url":561,"license_code":398,"credit_html":562,"title":563,"description":564,"author":402,"original_width":492,"original_height":565},53488,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162897","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162897\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Grossular-Epidote-225228.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVermont\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vermont\">Vermont\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4559.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.0 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rare replacement, classic for this locality. Grossular garnet has completely replaced a former epidote crystal cluster. Ex. Ken Hollman Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,{"id":567,"source_url":568,"license_code":415,"credit_html":569,"title":570,"description":550,"author":551,"original_width":552,"original_height":553},96,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146496023","Kritzolina, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146496023\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Axinite - Quartz - Feldspar - Epidote 03.jpg",{"id":572,"source_url":573,"license_code":398,"credit_html":574,"title":575,"description":576,"author":402,"original_width":425,"original_height":577},38970,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176884","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176884\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Chabazite-Calcite-Epidote-222378.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChabazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Chabazite\">Chabazite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kapaa Quarry, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKailua,_Hawaii\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kailua, Hawaii\">Kailua\u003C\u002Fa>, Oahu Island, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHonolulu_County,_Hawaii\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Honolulu County, Hawaii\">Honolulu County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHawaii\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hawaii\">Hawaii\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-30930.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.0 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An uncommon and fine zeolite specimen from Oahu, Hawaii. A 4.0 cm, well-placed, sloping vug in basalt is filled with pearlescent chabazite crystals and is highlighted by a 6 mm, colorless calcite rhomb. The outer rim of the vug is lined with green epidote. Illustrated in the Lapidary Journal April 1986 article on post-volcanic mineral deposits in Hawaii: Kailue Crystals by Tim Hicks.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",412,{"id":579,"source_url":580,"license_code":408,"credit_html":581,"title":582,"description":583,"author":584,"original_width":585,"original_height":586},97,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588365","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146588365\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote crystal.jpg","Epidote from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtel, Pinzgau","Slashme",3718,1575,{"id":588,"source_url":589,"license_code":398,"credit_html":590,"title":591,"description":592,"author":402,"original_width":441,"original_height":593},53490,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10443225","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10443225\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Copper-Epidote-Quartz-3d63b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCopper\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Copper\">Copper\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPhoenix_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Phoenix Mine\">Phoenix Mine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPhoenix\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Phoenix\">Phoenix\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKeweenaw_County,_Michigan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Keweenaw County, Michigan\">Keweenaw County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMichigan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Michigan\">Michigan\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6847.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2.8 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Copper, Quartz, Epidote\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Superlative Copper from one of the world�s great localities. The Copper is very well-crystallized, led by a sharp euhedral 1 cm , HOLLOW, crystal. These crystals are intergrown with numerous quality quartz crystals. This is a great thumb!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",300,{"id":595,"source_url":596,"license_code":398,"credit_html":597,"title":598,"description":599,"author":402,"original_width":600,"original_height":441},53492,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10475390","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10475390\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-Grossular-usa73d.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVermont\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vermont\">Vermont\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4559.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.7 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Grossular Garnet pseudo. after Epidote\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rare replacement, classic for this locality! This is a super specimen with a large, 3-dimensional, sharp crystal at the top of a cluster of smaller ones. The Grossular garnet has completely replaced a former epidote crystal cluster. Diopside crystals deposited later, accent the termination. Although there is a slight contact to the right side of the replaced epidote termination, the termination is basically complete, and sure looks complete at first glance. Again, it is a very choice example for the style because of the sharpness of crystal habit here. ex. Ken Hollman Collection\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",342,{"id":602,"source_url":603,"license_code":398,"credit_html":604,"title":605,"description":606,"author":402,"original_width":607,"original_height":441},53493,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476127","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476127\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-Grossular-usa64c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVermont\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vermont\">Vermont\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4559.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 7.4 x 7.1 x 4.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Grossular Garnet pseudo. after Epidote\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Because it is a cluster, and large, this is a really good example of this rare replacement! Grossular garnet has completely replaced a former epidote crystal cluster (floater, with the largest crystal 7 cm and doubly-terminated). On the grossular, later-formed diopside crystals have grown. The whole thing was encased in, and dissolved out of, calcite by the collector (Ken Hollman). In good shape and complete all around except for two small damage spots at the top right and top-left of the large crystal's termination (or this would be twice the price, as well). ex. Ken Hollman Collection\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",371,{"id":609,"source_url":610,"license_code":415,"credit_html":611,"title":612,"description":613,"author":614,"original_width":615,"original_height":616},53497,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=122798474","Mineralysk, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=122798474\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","1001 Epidot a kremeň - Svidovo.jpg","Epidot a kremeň - dolina Svidovo pri Malužinej, Nízke Tatry. Zber z roku 1993.","Mineralysk",1182,700,{"id":618,"source_url":619,"license_code":408,"credit_html":620,"title":621,"description":622,"author":584,"original_width":623,"original_height":624},7891,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146468898","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146468898\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Axinit Quarz Feldspat Epidot 2.jpg","Axinit Quarz Feldspat Epidot aus Streigau, Schlesien, Polen",3676,2403,{"id":626,"source_url":627,"license_code":408,"credit_html":628,"title":629,"description":622,"author":584,"original_width":623,"original_height":630},7892,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146468899","Slashme, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146468899\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Axinit Quarz Feldspat Epidot 1.jpg",2455,{"id":632,"source_url":633,"license_code":398,"credit_html":634,"title":635,"description":636,"author":402,"original_width":637,"original_height":638},2201,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140574","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140574\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-121357.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Hachupa (Hashupi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigar_Valley\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigar Valley\">Shigar Valley\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSkardu_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Skardu District\">Skardu District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBaltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Baltistan\">Baltistan\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit-Baltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit-Baltistan\">Northern Areas\u003C\u002Fa>, Pakistan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2532.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.8 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Epidote is one of the most well known of all the Alpine cleft species in the world, and some of the finest Epidote specimens in the world have been coming out of Pakistan in recent years. These specimens are seemingly identical to the classic Alpine specimens from Europe, and in certain instances, have surpassed the European specimens for quality and gemminess. Some of the most well known Epidote specimens from the Alps are the highly sought after \"Faden\" specimens. This crystal group exhibits the classic \"Faden\" (German word for string) form that is well known from this locality. It is a superb, sharp, lustrous, gem\u002Fgemmy, golden-green color crystal group with the \"Faden\" running perpendicular across the b (010) face of the crystals.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",610,576,{"id":640,"source_url":641,"license_code":642,"credit_html":643,"title":644,"description":645,"author":646,"original_width":647,"original_height":648},2413,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=42804866","Public domain","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=42804866\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Axinite-(Mn), Epidote-(Pb)-201742.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAxinite-(Mn)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Axinite-(Mn)\">Axinite-(Mn)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote-(Pb)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote-(Pb)\">Epidote-(Pb)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The group in the foreground at bottom spans ~ 1⅔ x 1¼ mm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Jan 2011: Another attempt to show a (relatively) isolated and gemmy example of these xls. They are not uncommon and can be much bigger. But finding one that is not obscured, coated, cloudy, etched, etc. is a challenge.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These xls are not as isolated as in the old parent photo but thery came out better. As a bonus, there are some tiny (brick red) hancockite xls deep in the recess.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Modris Baum",709,1024,{"id":650,"source_url":651,"license_code":642,"credit_html":652,"title":653,"description":645,"author":646,"original_width":654,"original_height":655},2414,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=85408236","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=85408236\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Axinite-(Mn), Epidote-(Pb)-201742 (cropped).jpg",445,399,{"id":657,"source_url":658,"license_code":415,"credit_html":659,"title":660,"description":661,"author":521,"original_width":522,"original_height":523},2415,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=98969418","Ivar Leidus, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=98969418\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Axinite-Mn - Canta, Lima, Peru.jpg","Translucent sharp crystals of manganaxinite to 2.5 cm in size with some greenish crystals of epidote (4.7 × 3.0 × 3.0 cm). Found from Canta, Lima, Peru",{"id":663,"source_url":664,"license_code":665,"credit_html":666,"title":667,"description":668,"author":669,"original_width":670,"original_height":671},8730,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=35256923","CC BY 2.0","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=35256923\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Magnetite-holmquistite-epidote meta-BIF, eastern coastal Sweden.jpg","\u003Cp>Meta-BIF (meta-banded iron formation) (6.3 cm across) from the Precambrian of Sweden.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This strongly magnetic rock is a multiply-metamorphosed banded iron formation that comes from the waste rock piles of old Swedish iron mines (active from the 1100s to the late 1870s).\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The rock is composed principally of magnetite, epidote, holmquistite amphibole, and carbonate.  Holmquistite is a rare amphibole that contains lithium - it's chemical formula is Li2Mg3Al2Si8O22(OH)2 - lithium magnesium hydroxy-aluminosilicate.  On this rock's top surface, the holmquistite consists of very dark bluish needles, best seen near the lower left corner.  This particular rock comes from the type locality for holmquistite.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This rock has been metamorphosed more than once.  A previously-existing meta-BIF was contact metamorphosed by intrusion of Nyköpingsgruvan  pegmatitic granites and lithium pegmatites during the late Paleoproterozoic, at 1.8 Ga.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: spoils piles at Utö Mines, Utö, Stockholm Archipelago, Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, eastern coastal Sweden.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Reference on the geology of Utö, Sweden:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nMansfeld, J.  2012.  The Geology of Utö, Excursion Guide.  9 pp.","James St. John",3736,1952,{"id":673,"source_url":674,"license_code":642,"credit_html":675,"title":676,"description":677,"author":678,"original_width":679,"original_height":680},9089,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6403328","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6403328\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite, epidote, quartz 2.jpg","fluorapatite var. yellow fluorapatite, epidote, quartz : Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico","Géry PARENT",4288,2848,{"id":682,"source_url":683,"license_code":398,"credit_html":684,"title":685,"description":686,"author":402,"original_width":425,"original_height":687},19928,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429732","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429732\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-Prehnite-d05-87a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPrehnite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Prehnite\">Prehnite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Near Sadiola Gold Mine, Kayes, Mali\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6 x 5.8 x 1.9 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Prehnite on Epidote\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very choice cluster of two hemispherical prehnite balls, standing up from a bit of epidote matrix.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",570,{"id":689,"source_url":690,"license_code":398,"credit_html":691,"title":692,"description":693,"author":402,"original_width":694,"original_height":695},22950,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175991","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175991\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stilpnomelane-Adularia-Epidote-139299.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStilpnomelane\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stilpnomelane\">Stilpnomelane\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAdularia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Adularia\">Adularia\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWallis\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wallis\">Wallis (Valais)\u003C\u002Fa>, Switzerland (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3234.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.8 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Lustrous, black plates of stilpnomelane to 9 mm are aesthetically grouped together around a contrasting cluster of off-white adularia crystals on matrix richly covered with olive-green epidote crystals on this showy and fine specimen from Switzerland. Stilpnomelane is an uncommon layered silicate, related to mica and chlorite group minerals and this is a very highly representative specimen, with nice association. One end has been sawed to enhance display. Ex. Steve Smale Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",450,427,{"id":697,"source_url":698,"license_code":398,"credit_html":699,"title":700,"description":701,"author":402,"original_width":425,"original_height":702},32934,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10430995","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10430995\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Andradite-Epidote-Quartz-ib11a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAndradite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Andradite\">Andradite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Garnet Hill, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalaveras_County,_California\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calaveras County, California\">Calaveras County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalifornia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:California\">California\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-12394.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.7 x 6.1 x 4 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Andradite Garnet with Epidote and Quartz\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Extremely high lustre, good size, and fine aesthetics make this one of the very best such specimens for the locality, which is near to where the Calaveras axinites were found long ago. Garnet, however, is much rarer and this is thus a significant locality specimen. Ex. Irv Brown Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",524,{"id":704,"source_url":705,"license_code":398,"credit_html":706,"title":707,"description":576,"author":402,"original_width":441,"original_height":708},38971,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176885","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176885\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Chabazite-Calcite-Epidote-222379.jpg",301,{"id":710,"source_url":711,"license_code":398,"credit_html":712,"title":713,"description":714,"author":402,"original_width":715,"original_height":404},49776,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10133258","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10133258\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-Clinozoisite-49139.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FClinozoisite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Clinozoisite\">Clinozoisite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWadh\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wadh\">Wadh\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBalochistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Balochistan\">Balochistan (Baluchistan)\u003C\u002Fa>, Pakistan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-7935.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the new find in the Fall of 2004. This is a great specimen simultaneously representing two members of the Epidote group. Epidote forms and isomorphic series with Clinozoisite where Epidote is the iron-rich end member and Clinozoisite is the iron-deficient end member. The beauty of this piece is that no analysis is necessary as it is very clear where the Epidote stops and the Clinozoisite begins. This specimen features several, sharp, lustrous, prismatic, translucent, deep pistachio green crystals of Epidote that sharply grade into gemmier, peach\u002Ftan color termations of Clinozoisite. This is a great example of how two individual mineral species can sometimes occur in the same crystal as is often the case in many Tourmaline species. Aside from being a scientific marvel, this is actually a very beautiful specimen ! I honestly don\u003Ci>t think I\u003C\u002Fi>ve seen a piece like this one from any locality before this one. 6.2 x 5.3 x 4.7cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",638,{"id":717,"source_url":718,"license_code":398,"credit_html":719,"title":720,"description":721,"author":402,"original_width":722,"original_height":425},53500,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429735","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429735\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-Prehnite-d05-88a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPrehnite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Prehnite\">Prehnite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Near Sadiola Gold Mine, Kayes, Mali\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Prehnite on Epidote\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very choice miniature, with a complete ball perched on a natural pedestal of epidote.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",535,{"id":724,"source_url":725,"license_code":642,"credit_html":726,"title":727,"description":728,"author":678,"original_width":679,"original_height":680},55262,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6403301","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6403301\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorapatite, epidote, quartz 1.jpg","fluorapatite-(Ca) var. yellow fluorapatite, epidote, quartz : Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico",{"id":127,"source_url":730,"license_code":398,"credit_html":731,"title":732,"description":733,"author":402,"original_width":734,"original_height":425},"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122101","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122101\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-(Pb)-Andradite-24474.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote-(Pb)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAndradite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Andradite\">Andradite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFranklin_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Franklin Mine\">Franklin Mine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFranklin\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Franklin\">Franklin\u003C\u002Fa>, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Jersey\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Jersey\">New Jersey\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-8541.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A study specimen of these species, ex Harvard. Typical massive, brick-red hancockite and golden-brown andradite with minor black franklinite. A study specimen in the museum. ex. Dr. Gary Hansen dealer stock and not shown since early 1980s. 4 x 3.6 x 2 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",532,{"id":736,"source_url":737,"license_code":398,"credit_html":738,"title":739,"description":740,"author":741,"original_width":742,"original_height":456},58817,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24625062","Lech Darski, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24625062\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Granat, hessonit & epidot - Dashkesan, Mały Kaukaz, Azerbejdżan..JPG","Granat, hessonit & epidot - Dashkesan, Mały Kaukaz, Azerbejdżan.","Lech Darski",5184,{"id":744,"source_url":745,"license_code":398,"credit_html":746,"title":747,"description":748,"author":402,"original_width":425,"original_height":749},60116,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153918","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153918\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Quartz-Epidote-183954.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAmethyst\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Amethyst\">Amethyst\u003C\u002Fa>), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSmoky_quartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Smoky quartz\">Smoky Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLepidocrocite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lepidocrocite\">Lepidocrocite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Brandberg area, Brandberg District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FErongo_Region\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Erongo Region\">Erongo Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Namibia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-46238.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.5 x 8.8 x 5.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The vast majority of Brandberg quartz specimens are not matrix specimens, but single crystals - prized for their stunning clarity and \"blushes\" of internal color isolated in the clear quartz. This crystal shows superb luster and clarity. But, it also has the prized chevron patterns of smoky and purple hues inside. What is more, the matrix it is framed by is covered not only by quartz crystals, but also has little shiny olive-green epidotes on it. You can see some tiny epidotes, as well as bright red lepidocrocites included inside some of the quartz crystals.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",496,{"id":751,"source_url":752,"license_code":415,"credit_html":753,"title":754,"description":755,"author":756,"original_width":742,"original_height":456},74107,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=44917246","Strekeisen, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=44917246\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Piemontite Epidote.JPG","Pink-yellow Piemontite (manganese rich epidote) crystals from Apuan Alps, Italy. Plane polarized light image, magnification 2x (Field of view = 7mm)","Strekeisen",{"id":758,"source_url":759,"license_code":398,"credit_html":760,"title":761,"description":762,"author":402,"original_width":763,"original_height":764},75278,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146412","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146412\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Quartz-Epidote-154630.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSmoky_quartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Smoky quartz\">Smoky Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Toll Mountain Lode Occurrence, Little Pipestone District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSilver_Bow_County,_Montana\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Silver Bow County, Montana\">Silver Bow County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontana\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montana\">Montana\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-165182.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.9 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An EXCEPTIONAL and UNIQUE Montana specimen from the Richard Hauck Quartz Collection. A highly glassy and lustrous, translucent, dark smoky quartz crystal has a dramatic, water-clear, termination, with a phantom of included, green chlorite. A spray of beautifully placed, jutting, olive-green epidote crystals is a striking accent. This is a stunning, complete all-around specimen that is very nearly pristine. More epidote sprays are hidden on the back with some feldspar. The minute edge wear on the termination is barely noticeable and is certainly not a detraction. From a very uncommon Montana locality.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",550,468,{"id":766,"source_url":767,"license_code":398,"credit_html":768,"title":769,"description":770,"author":402,"original_width":425,"original_height":771},75281,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176284","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176284\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-Quartz-Chlorite-Group-172370.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChlorite_group\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Chlorite group\">Chlorite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Green Monster Mountain, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPrince_of_Wales_Island\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Prince of Wales Island\">Prince of Wales Island\u003C\u002Fa>, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlaska\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Alaska\">Alaska\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-5835.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.5 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Prince of Wales Island is perhaps the world’s most famous epidote locality. But while it has turned out specimens in fairly good numbers, despite the horrid collecting conditions, this one really stands out. Why? It is the association with beautiful light mint green, chlorite-included quartz crystals. Both these and the epidotes are isolated on the matrix. Most Prince of Wales epidotes are simple standalone clusters of crystals, so this one has a really \"different\" and pretty look. For scale, the largest epidote has about 2.5 cm of the crystal showing.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",477,{"id":773,"source_url":774,"license_code":398,"credit_html":775,"title":776,"description":777,"author":402,"original_width":778,"original_height":441},75307,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10446735","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10446735\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Epidote-Prehnite-d05-89b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPrehnite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Prehnite\">Prehnite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Near Sadiola Gold Mine, Kayes, Mali\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.3 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Prehnite on Epidote\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A complete-all-around ball of translucent prehnite, perched on a doubly-terminated epidote crystal! This is a sweet miniature of great aesthetics! it is perfect except for a small flattenned area on one side, from natural contact (and this can face rear anyhow).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",356,{"id":780,"source_url":781,"license_code":415,"credit_html":782,"title":783,"description":784,"author":785,"original_width":786,"original_height":787},76991,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=192884071","Holger Krause, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=192884071\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","3315,Epidot Calcit Rhipidolith,Hirzbach,Fuschertal,Land Salzburg,Österreich,795,4g (3).jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fde.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidot_Calcit_Rhipidolith\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"de:Epidot Calcit Rhipidolith\"> Epidot_Calcit_Rhipidolith \u003C\u002Fa> \n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Gewicht: 795,4g\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Fundort:  Hirzbach,Fuschertal,Land Salzburg,Österreich\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Holger Krause",5064,3544,{"id":789,"source_url":790,"license_code":398,"credit_html":791,"title":792,"description":693,"author":402,"original_width":793,"original_height":794},80866,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175990","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175990\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stilpnomelane-Adularia-Epidote-139298.jpg",602,544,{"id":796,"source_url":797,"license_code":398,"credit_html":798,"title":799,"description":800,"author":801,"original_width":802,"original_height":803},83112,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=355324","No machine-readable author provided. Alberto Salguero assumed (based on copyright claims)., via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=355324\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Titanita epidota.jpg","Fotografía de Pablo Alberto Salguero Quiles","No machine-readable author provided. Alberto Salguero assumed (based on copyright claims).",388,424,{"id":805,"source_url":806,"license_code":398,"credit_html":807,"title":808,"description":809,"author":402,"original_width":810,"original_height":811},84715,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176684","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176684\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Prehnite-Adularia-Epidote-205923.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPrehnite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Prehnite\">Prehnite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAdularia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Adularia\">Adularia\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpidote\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epidote\">Epidote\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Gneiss quarries, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArvigo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arvigo\">Arvigo\u003C\u002Fa>, Calanca Valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVal_Mesolcina\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Val Mesolcina\">Misox (Mesolcina Valley)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGraub%C3%BCnden\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Graubünden\">Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)\u003C\u002Fa>, Switzerland (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-7685.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.5 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fine combination specimen from the gneiss quarries at Arvigo, Switzerland. An attractive cluster of lustrous and translucent, helmet-shaped, pastel-green prehnite crystals is well-placed on a matrix plate covered with snow-white orthoclase variety adularia. The plate is richly sprinkled with gemmy, acicular, olive-green epidote crystals. Collecting is now forbidden at the quarries. Ex. Rolf Wein Collection, acquired in 1967.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",596,569,[813,820,825,830,835],{"id":814,"url":815,"label":816,"formula":817,"spacegroup":818,"year":819},4195,"\u002Fcif\u002F4195.cif","Nagashima 2010 · Ca2 Al2.09 Fe.91 Si3 O13 H","Ca2 Al2.09 Fe.91 Si3 O13 H","P 1 21\u002Fm 1",2010,{"id":821,"url":822,"label":823,"formula":824,"spacegroup":818,"year":819},4196,"\u002Fcif\u002F4196.cif","Nagashima 2010 · Ca2 Al2.21 Fe.58 Mn.21 Si3 O13 H","Ca2 Al2.21 Fe.58 Mn.21 Si3 O13 H",{"id":826,"url":827,"label":828,"formula":829,"spacegroup":818,"year":819},4197,"\u002Fcif\u002F4197.cif","Nagashima 2010 · Ca2 Al2.08 Fe.39 Mn.53 Si3 O13 H","Ca2 Al2.08 Fe.39 Mn.53 Si3 O13 H",{"id":831,"url":832,"label":833,"formula":834,"spacegroup":818,"year":358},4199,"\u002Fcif\u002F4199.cif","Giuli 1999","Ca2 Si3 Fe.68 Al2.32 O13",{"id":836,"url":837,"label":838,"formula":839,"spacegroup":818,"year":315},4200,"\u002Fcif\u002F4200.cif","Gabe 1973","Si3 Ca2 Al2.16 Fe.84 H O13",[841,842,843,844,845,846,847,848,849,850,851,852,853,854,855,856,857,858,859,860,861,862,863,864,865,866,867,868,869,870,871,872,873,874,875,876,877,878,879,880,881,882,883,884,885,886,887,888,889,890,891,892,893,894,895,896],"Acanthicone","Acanthikon","Acanticonit","Acanticonita","Acanticonite","Acantikonit","Achmatit","Achmatita","Achmatite","Aescherit","Aescherita","Aescherite","Akanthicone","Akanthikone","Allochit","Allochita","Allochite","Arendalit","Arendalita","Arendalite (of Blumenbach)","Arendit","Arendita","Arendite","Delphinite","Eisenepidot","Epidosyte","Epidotit","Epidotita","Escherit","Escherita","Escherite","Ferriepidote","Ferriepidoto","Iron Epidote","Oisanite (of de Saussure)","Pistachite","Pistacit","Pistacita","Pistazit","Posstrevorit","Posstrevorita","Posstrevorite","Puschkinit","Puschkinita","Puschkinite","Pushkinit","Pushkinita","Pushkinite","Scorza","Selphinit","Selphinita","Selphinite","Strahslstein (of 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name **epidote** is a confession of crystal geometry. In 1801, the French mineralogist René-Just Haüy coined it from the Greek *epidosis* — *addition*, or *increase given* — in reference to one face of the ideal prism running longer than the others it should match[1]. Haüy was not naming a colour; he was naming a measurement his eye had caught. The pistachio-green tint that now serves as the mineral's visual signature came later, in popular usage.\n\nThe 19th century then filled in the map. Well-formed epidote crystals turned up in the Ala valley and Traversella in Piedmont, at Arendal in Norway, and at Le Bourg-d'Oisans in the French Dauphiné[2]. The Knappenwand vein near Großvenediger in the Austrian Tyrol became a classic locality for the species — dark green crystals on matrix, occasionally transparent enough to be cut as gemstones, alongside similar gem-quality material from Brazil[2]. Across the Atlantic, deposits at Haddam in Connecticut and on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska extended the record into North America[2].","claude-opus-4-7","1.7.0",{"markdown":1131,"model_version":1128,"prompt_version":1129,"reviewed_at":11},"Epidote is not an industrial commodity. It is mined nowhere at scale and substituted in no major chemical chain. Its modern roles are smaller and more specific — useful, but honestly so.\n\nThe most visible use is **lapidary**. The clearest dark green crystals from Knappenwand in Austria and from Brazil are occasionally faceted as gemstones[1]. Faceted epidote remains an uncommon stone, sought by collectors of unusual gems rather than the mainstream jewellery trade. More familiar is **unakite**, a rock rather than a mineral: an altered granite in which epidote provides the green and pink feldspar provides the pink. Unakite is widely used in jewellery and ornamental work[1]. The Australian Dragon Bloodstone, another mixed ornamental rock, draws its green from the same source[1].\n\nThe other role is **petrologic**, a tool more than a commodity. Geologists read epidote as an indicator of metamorphic grade — the temperature and pressure regime that produced the rock[2]. In altered igneous rocks, epidote tells a different story. It forms by hydrothermal alteration, when feldspars, micas, pyroxenes, amphiboles, and garnets are reworked by hot water moving through the rock[1]. A geologist mapping a hydrothermal ore deposit who finds epidote knows the system was warm and aqueous.\n\nBeyond the lapidary and field-mapping uses, demand is essentially the museum and collector market, with well-formed Knappenwand crystals among the species' best-known specimens."]