Epidote (fadens) with Diopside

Item Description

It has become increasingly more difficult to obtain top specimens from this locality, especially such fine quality specimens like this one. Epidote is one of the most well known of all the Alpine cleft species in the world, and some of the finest Epidote 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. Some of the most well known Epidote specimens from the Alps are the highly sought after "Faden" specimens. This crystal group exhibits the classic "Faden" (German word for string) form that is well known from this locality. A few MULTI-terminated, sharp, lustrous, gem/gemmy, golden-green color crystal groups with several distinct "Fadens" running perpendicular across the b (010) face of the crystals are associated with small bluish-green colored Diopside crystals. A good reference piece of this well known material.