• Detail of an excellent bow tie formation of epidote surrounded by individual crystals, with a small irregular piece of quartz.
  • One side of a flat roughly rectangular specimen, largely green and gray matrix with the top ridge covered in epidote crystals.
  • The other side of a flat specimen, this side all matrix with swirls of green tinted by epidote in the gray rock.
  • Angled view of the piece showing the contours of the matrix and the luster of the epidote on the top of the piece.
  • Detail of the top of the specimen, covered with epidote crystals oriented in different positions with one large bow-tie formation.
  • Close view of the top of the specimen with a good bow-tie formation atop epidote crystals with an irregular colorless mineral below it.
  • Detail of epidote crystals on one end of the specimen, with a chunky opaque mineral growing on them.
  • Scale image of the specimen on a measuring mat, measuring about three and a quarter inches long by a bit under two inches wide.
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Epidote with good bow-tie, "The Circus Animal Cookie"

Epidote with good bow-tie, "The Circus Animal Cookie"

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Locale: Imilchil, Midelt Province, Morocco

Approx dimensions: 3.25 x 1.75 x .75"

Approx weight: 114g

 

I call this one The Circus Animal Cookie because it's flat with rounded edges vaguely resembling a moose with epidote antlers? No wait I think that one's supposed to be a hippo.

Epidote grows long slender prismatic crystals with saturated olive green color, though it can be more yellow, brown, or even so saturated it appears black. The matrix the crystals are attached to is grainy with green patches in gray rock, the green coloration also caused by epidote.

Radial growth forms are typical of the Imilchil region in Morocco. It’s common to find fans and bow-ties of epidote mixed in with individual crystals. This piece has a ridge of epidote crystals across the top with a good bow-tie. Epidote has a good luster which is apparent with the more well-formed crystals on the specimen.

There are some small pieces of an irregular colorless mineral, which is colorless quartz. and an off-cream colored one. One end of the epidote is covered with an opaque cream-colored mineral I suspect is orthoclase feldspar, which is also found at this locale.

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