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  • A horizontal specimen of dark, lustrous epidote crystals arranged in multiple fan-shaped sprays emerging from a pale gray matrix base. The crystals show a distinctive black color and highly reflective surfaces, forming a dramatic array of upward-reaching formations along the matrix.
  • A horizontal specimen of dark, lustrous epidote crystals arranged in multiple fan-shaped sprays emerging from a pale gray matrix base. The crystals show a distinctive black color and highly reflective surfaces, forming a dramatic array of upward-reaching formations along the matrix.
  • A horizontal specimen of dark, lustrous epidote crystals arranged in multiple fan-shaped sprays emerging from a pale gray matrix base. The crystals show a distinctive black color and highly reflective surfaces, forming a dramatic array of upward-reaching formations along the matrix.
  • A horizontal specimen of dark, lustrous epidote crystals arranged in multiple fan-shaped sprays emerging from a pale gray matrix base. The crystals show a distinctive black color and highly reflective surfaces, forming a dramatic array of upward-reaching formations along the matrix.
  • A horizontal specimen of dark, lustrous epidote crystals arranged in multiple fan-shaped sprays emerging from a pale gray matrix base. The crystals show a distinctive black color and highly reflective surfaces, forming a dramatic array of upward-reaching formations along the matrix.
  • A horizontal specimen of dark, lustrous epidote crystals arranged in multiple fan-shaped sprays emerging from a pale gray matrix base. The crystals show a distinctive black color and highly reflective surfaces, forming a dramatic array of upward-reaching formations along the matrix.
  • A horizontal specimen of dark, lustrous epidote crystals arranged in multiple fan-shaped sprays emerging from a pale gray matrix base. The crystals show a distinctive black color and highly reflective surfaces, forming a dramatic array of upward-reaching formations along the matrix.
  • A horizontal specimen of dark, lustrous epidote crystals arranged in multiple fan-shaped sprays emerging from a pale gray matrix base. The crystals show a distinctive black color and highly reflective surfaces, forming a dramatic array of upward-reaching formations along the matrix.

EPIDOTE

Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
11.5 x 11 x 4.5 cm
$300.00
$300.00
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Numerous growths of fanned epidote shooting out of a plate of matrix. In contrast with most other examples of the mineral species, many specimens from the Kharan District show a much darker color and much greater luster, along with this characteristic formation. This is a fine piece from the locale, and makes a great display piece with no stand needed.

 

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Epidote mineralization at Zard Koh (Zard Mountain) occurs within alpine-type fissures of metamorphic origin. The crystallization process produced exceptional dark-green prismatic crystals under moderate to high-pressure conditions during regional metamorphism associated with the Himalayan orogeny. The specimens exhibit remarkable crystal development, displaying characteristic monoclinic morphology with sharp terminations and distinctive striations parallel to the b-axis. The mineral formation occurred through hydrothermal alteration of calcium-aluminum silicates under conditions of greenschist to amphibolite facies metamorphism.