Clinozoisite ("Faden")

Item Description

It has become increasingly more difficult to obtain top specimens from this locality. Epidote is one of the most well known of all the Alpine cleft species in the world, and some of the finest Epidote / Clinozoisite specimens in the world have been coming out of Pakistan in recent years. These specimens are seemingly identical to the classic Alpine specimens from Europe, and in certain instances, have surpassed the European specimens for quality and gemminess. This particular specimen is is a lovely "Faden" (German word for string) group of consisting of sharp, well-formed, prismatic, GEMMY, olive-oil colored crystals. You can see the "string" running across the base of the crystals. Good quality, and a nice overall miniature of this contemporary classic material.