Epidote
Posted by: macadmin on 04.18.2020 | Filed under:

Epidote

Specimen # 100442
Mineral: Epidote
Location: Concession Morgan 3, Coayllo, Canete Province, Lima Dept., Peru
Size: 4.8 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Specimen # 100442
Mineral: Epidote
Location: Concession Morgan 3, Coayllo, Cañete Province, Lima Dept., Peru
Size: 4.8 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm

Description

Detailed Description

Fine, blocky parallel-growth epidote crystals with great undamaged terminations. Nice lustrous prism faces. Minor contacting lower on the piece and the crystal off to the left/back is incomplete.  Very good epidote from this find.

 


About this Find

On a trip to Peru I managed to acquire some of the best specimens I have seen from the 2012 find at Concession Morgan 3, Coayllo, Cañete Province, Lima Department. Information about the find is still pretty sketchy. I was told that it was a “small skarn zone” encountered and depleted. The zone was certainly quite tight – most specimens I have seen have unfortunately had some level of contacting, confirming that there was not a lot of open space for free crystal growth. The specimens are beautiful well-developed sharp epidote crystals, with great lustre. Some are very dark, in some ways, a little reminiscent of epidote from Prince of Wales, Alaska, while others have slightly lighter green (and in these, there seems to be some colour variation with some brown as well).


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