Epidote (unusual habit)

Item Description

First off, I know that this specimen looks Peruvian, but it was collected by a personal friend of mine who lives in Alaska and travels by helicopter to the Green Monster every summer to collect Epidotes. He recently discovered these unique Epidotes which form in "fan"-shaped crystal groups and sometimes in "jackstraw" groups as well. Those of you visited the "American Treasures" display in Tucson a few years ago, you might have seen a few of these unusual Epidotes on display in the Green Monster Mountain case. This piece comprises deep green to pistachio green, lustrous, translucent, thin, prismatic crystals of Epidote in a "fan"-shaped aggregate. It is in good condition overall, and the side of the piece is not broken, but rather recrystallized as you can clearly see small crystal faces all over the top section. It obviously was detached in the pocket during growth and healed itself. There is a small contact on the back, but overall, it's in great shape. A VERY cool U.S. Epidote specimen from what I was told was a one time find.