• Detail inside one concave end of the piece, sprinkled with yellowish lighter olive green epidote crystals. The flat matrix on this side of the piece is mottled green.
  • An irregular wedge-shaped piece of matrix with sides curved in, and epidote lining the near side and top. The front face is a light grainy matrix tinted green at the edges.
  • Close view of the other concave end of the specimen, a red-brown matrix covered with epidote crystals oriented in different directions.
  • Detail of a side covered with irregular lower-quality epidote with some radial growth and a good-sized colorless quartz crystal embedded in it.
  • Detail of the black crystal growth on the specimen, a finer criss-cross of black epidote crystals. There are partial spheres of radial epidote and stacked crystals with parallel faces reflecting.
  • Angled view of the specimen, showing both ends are filled with small epidote crystals in a red-brown matrix.
  • Scale image of the specimen on a measuring mat, measuring about two inches wide by about an inch and a half wide.
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Epidote with quartz

Epidote with quartz

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Locale: Imilchil, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Approx dimensions: 2 x 1.5 x 1"

Approx weight: 88g

 

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. This specimen has multiple colors, mainly a lighter olive green with a yellow tint but with small patch where the growth turns to thin black crystals. The crystals are attached to a matrix of light-colored grainy rock, with green coloration in some areas 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 specimen has several partial spheres. Some of the radial growth appears more like stacked thin parallel faces, the tops of crystals that aligned in parallel fans.

The piece is a bit odd-shaped—I'm not honestly sure the best direction to display it because several sides are interesting!

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