AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Virginia > Epidote on Prehnite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 39874 |
Mineral: | Epidote on Prehnite |
Locality: | Bull Run Quarry, near Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia |
Description: | Translucent green-gray botryoidal prehnite almost completely coated with lustrous dark green epidote crystals up to 3 mm long with areas coated with gray quartz microcrystals. The epidote looks beautiful under magnification. Ex. Steve Chamberlain collection #5861; collected by D. Dinsmore |
Overall Size: | 10x8x5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 3 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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