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You have seen this combination from Mali recently, but most likely in dinky specimens. This is quite an uncommon LARGE and incredibly rich specimen of the combo: dark green, chisel-tipped epidote crystals, maybe 100 of them, piled up atop one another, with translucent balls of green prehnite decorating them. If you have been waiting for a “significant” specimen from this find, perhaps this is it . . . 12.5 x 11 x 9 cm
Wow! This is a truly amazing competition miniature. A complete botryoid of light green, translucent, prehnite has grown on a well terminated and lustrous very dark green epidote crystal. Each of the members is 2.5 cm across. 360 degrees complete and perfect! The aesthetics of this specimen are mind boggling. NOTE: NOT ZINN - just got into the pile by accident with some things that were being cleaned. But, here it is so have at it!
Note the wonderful old labels, one dated 1860 and the other dated September of 1855! THis is from the type locality for the species, where it was first scientifically described from! The specimen is bright and shiny, with lots of crystals. Although some are broken, quite a few 1 cm, sharply terminated crystals are present. I love the crystallography studies accompanying it, rich in detail
A superb Italian epidote, actually - with sharp, incredibly lustrous crystals to almost an inch in size. Overall this is a very displayable, impressive cluster of epidote with more visual impact than you migh expect, and quality to the crystallography as well.
ex. William Larson
An unusual locality specimen of epidote, in bundled crystals, taken from a small seam in Murrieta by Ken and Dana Gochenour. The largest crystal has a wonderful, broad, equant termination!
ex. William Larson
Unusual for the county, a very sharp, very gemmy, transparent smoky quartz. Note the color is very rich, almost citrine.
Not only a large, very impressive piece, but also one of two or three most aesthetic of the bunch. Big, fine quartz crystals in a balanced arrangement rise from a field of sparkling green epidote. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON! WOW!
This one has some bruising in one place and the quartz crystals do not stand up in as high relief as with some of the other specimens, so it is priced extremely low for what is still a dazzling, big and showy mineral specimen!
ex. Richard Hauck
World class epidote specimens have been found in only a couple of places, and in the U.S. this location is Price of Wales Island, Alaska. This location has produced outstanding collector specimens for over a hundred years. This specimen is a fine example of an epidote from this historical location. Having come from the Washington Roebling collection , this piece came out prior to the mid-1920s. This specimen consists of a very sharp single deep green crystal with minor amounts of quartz. The crystal is doubly terminated and has a highly polished luster. The quartz crystals are milky-translucent and are ALSO terminated. Great classic example of the finest U.S. epidotes, and with a wonderful pedigree! Ex. Roebling and Smithsonian collections.
ex. Richard Hauck
A sharp small miniaturefeaturing a GEMMY 1.3 cm twinned quartz perched atop lustrous, deep-green epidote. Classic old style!
Epidote forms an isomorphic series with Clinozoisite and Zoisite, and is a relatively rare gem in the world. This stone has the distinct pleochroism for Epidote, showing a golden-honey color one direction, a brownish-green color another direction and an yellowish-brown color in the third direction. This stone is very slightly included, but is a very good size stone, and does not appear "black" as so many cut Epidotes often do. The gem has a standard "Emerald" cut, and is certainly one of the finest gems of this material that I have seen. For the prices being asked for these gems, these stones are becoming very difficult to replace for the same value. Do not miss out on this one, as it is the best gem of this material that I have to offer.
ex. Robert Nowakowski
These created a stir when they premiered at Tucson around 2006 or so (if I recall rightly). They are huge, lustrous, deep green epidote crystals which are possessed of stunning symmetry. Few were Doubly terminated and free of damage as is this one. It is a stunning, long, lustrous crystal of this popular mineral, rarely seen in this quality. It turns out that the find was a one-off. No more ever came out after. Credit goes to the tragically deceased exploration geologist Campbell Bridges for bringing these to market. Today, few are available on the market and this was, for quality, one of the best at the time. 234 grams in mass
This specimen hosts the largest and best epidote crystals I have yet seen from this recently productive locale in China, with sharp curved crystals measuring a whopping 2.5 cm, standing up against matrix of a host quartz crystal. I have not seen other epidotes from here of even half this size, commonly. In person, the epidote is more glassy and 3-dimensional, and has a very dark green color. These were initially mislabelled as pumpellyite when they first came out some 3 years ago, but they have been shown since to be epidote - if unusual in forma nd quality. This is MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!
ex. Dr. Edward David ex. Martin Zinn
When I first saw this labelled as spessartine garnet with vesuvianite, I thought something was odd from the habits and color of the combination. I took it to show a number of European collectors to confirm its oddity, since I had never had a similar specimen before, and the consensus was that this is a superb example, worth $2500-5000 range, of a rare variety of magnesium-rich epidote from a famous find in the 1970s. This is an important locality specimen, but its also a superb piece aesthetically for the contrast of crystal forms and colors. The largest mg-Epidote is 3 cm tall and the largest garnet is 2 cm tall, both finely crystallized. While there are some little spots of damage or contact, the major crystals are in good shape and the piece overall presents well enough that two very serious collectors owned it anyways, even without knowing (as I did not!) exactly how rare and desirable the piece was with the full identification now on it. From the Marty Zinn collection to Ed David through purchase, and then recently from the Ed David Collection to me in an exchange.
ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
This is one of the few cluster pieces of any quality to come from this find, which Wayne Thompson financed and brought to market about 4 years back. This piece is pristine and complete all around, and as lustrous as any I saw at the time. It is actually doubly terminated, even, with crude basal terminations on the bottom.
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share specimen![Epidote, Prehnite from Djouga (Jjouga), Bendoukou (Benduko), Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region, Mali [db_pics/mdpics/MD-75457a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-75457a.jpg)
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![Epidote (from its type locality!) from Bourg d'Oisans, Is�re, Rh�ne-Alpes, France [db_pics/pics/oldeuro-12a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/oldeuro-12a.jpg)
![Epidote (from its type locality!) from Bourg d'Oisans, Is�re, Rh�ne-Alpes, France [db_pics/pics/oldeuro-12b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/oldeuro-12b.jpg)
![Epidote (from its type locality!) from Bourg d'Oisans, Is�re, Rh�ne-Alpes, France [db_pics/pics/oldeuro-12c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/oldeuro-12c.jpg)
![Epidote from Monte Cavallaria, Brosso, Torino, Piemonte, Italy [db_pics/pics/oldeuro-27a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/oldeuro-27a.jpg)
![Epidote from Monte Cavallaria, Brosso, Torino, Piemonte, Italy [db_pics/pics/oldeuro-27b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/oldeuro-27b.jpg)
![Epidote from Monte Cavallaria, Brosso, Torino, Piemonte, Italy [db_pics/pics/oldeuro-27c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/oldeuro-27c.jpg)
![Epidote from Monte Cavallaria, Brosso, Torino, Piemonte, Italy [db_pics/pics/oldeuro-27d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/oldeuro-27d.jpg)
![Epidote from Murrieta, Riverside County, California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala41a.jpg]](db_pics/new09/pala41a.jpg)
![Epidote from Murrieta, Riverside County, California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala41c.jpg]](db_pics/new09/pala41c.jpg)
![Epidote from Murrieta, Riverside County, California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala41e.jpg]](db_pics/new09/pala41e.jpg)
![Smoky Quartz and Epidote from Audrey Lynn Claim, Riverside Co., California, USA [db_pics/new09mix/sd349a.jpg]](db_pics/new09mix/sd349a.jpg)
![Smoky Quartz and Epidote from Audrey Lynn Claim, Riverside Co., California, USA [db_pics/new09mix/sd349c.jpg]](db_pics/new09mix/sd349c.jpg)
![Smoky Quartz and Epidote from Audrey Lynn Claim, Riverside Co., California, USA [db_pics/new09mix/sd349d.jpg]](db_pics/new09mix/sd349d.jpg)
![Epidote and Quartz from Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/pics/qap02a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/qap02a.jpg)
![Epidote and Quartz from Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/pics/qap02b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/qap02b.jpg)
![Epidote and Quartz from Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/pics/qap02c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/qap02c.jpg)
![Epidote and Quartz from Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/pics/qap23a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/qap23a.jpg)
![Epidote and Quartz from Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/pics/qap23b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/qap23b.jpg)
![Epidote with Quartz (doubly terminated!) from Copper Mt., Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA [db_pics/pics/rh02-40a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/rh02-40a.jpg)
![Epidote with Quartz (doubly terminated!) from Copper Mt., Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA [db_pics/pics/rh02-40b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/rh02-40b.jpg)
![Quartz (Japan Law twin) on Epidote from Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA [db_pics/pics/rhqtz-24a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/rhqtz-24a.jpg)
![Quartz (Japan Law twin) on Epidote from Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA [db_pics/pics/rhqtz-24b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/rhqtz-24b.jpg)
![Epidote from Khyber Pass, along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border [db_pics/new2010/rlkg198a.jpg]](db_pics/new2010/m/rlkg198a.jpg)
![Epidote from Khyber Pass, along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border [db_pics/new2010/rlkg198b.jpg]](db_pics/new2010/m/rlkg198b.jpg)
![Epidote from Khyber Pass, along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border [db_pics/new2010/rlkg198c.jpg]](db_pics/new2010/m/rlkg198c.jpg)
![Epidote from Northern Frontier District, Kenya [db_pics/new2011/RN913e.jpg]](db_pics/new2011/RN913e.jpg)
![Epidote from Northern Frontier District, Kenya [db_pics/new2011/RN913a.jpg]](db_pics/new2011/RN913a.jpg)
![Epidote from Northern Frontier District, Kenya [db_pics/new2011/RN913b.jpg]](db_pics/new2011/RN913b.jpg)
![Epidote from Northern Frontier District, Kenya [db_pics/new2011/RN913c.jpg]](db_pics/new2011/RN913c.jpg)
![Epidote from Northern Frontier District, Kenya [db_pics/new2011/RN913d.jpg]](db_pics/new2011/RN913d.jpg)
![Epidote on Quartz from Hongquizheng, Meigu, Xichang Area, Sichuan, Southwest Region, China [db_pics/pics/t06-30a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/t06-30a.jpg)
![Epidote on Quartz from Hongquizheng, Meigu, Xichang Area, Sichuan, Southwest Region, China [db_pics/pics/t06-30b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/t06-30b.jpg)
![Hessonite Garnet with mg-Epidote from Giu Margone, Piemont, Italy [db_pics/pics/t08-72a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/t08-72a.jpg)
![Hessonite Garnet with mg-Epidote from Giu Margone, Piemont, Italy [db_pics/pics/t08-72b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/t08-72b.jpg)
![Hessonite Garnet with mg-Epidote from Giu Margone, Piemont, Italy [db_pics/pics/t08-72c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/t08-72c.jpg)
![Hessonite Garnet with mg-Epidote from Giu Margone, Piemont, Italy [db_pics/pics/t08-72d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/t08-72d.jpg)
![Epidote from Northern Frontier District, Kenya [db_pics/pics/tt15a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/tt15a.jpg)
![Epidote from Northern Frontier District, Kenya [db_pics/pics/tt15b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/tt15b.jpg)