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Epidote (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
- Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
- Small Cabinet, 7.7 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
- Start Time: 11/17/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 11/25/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The various gneiss quarries in the Beura area in Italy have produced some very attractive and well-known Alpine mineral species. This specimen hosts small beautiful pistachio green color, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, prismatic "sword-shaped" crystals of Epidote sitting on matrix. I have photographed the crystals under the microscope to better show their quality. From the famous Alpine collection of Richard A. Kosnar.