Large Epidote plate (illustrated) Sanabria Coll.

Item Description

Sharp, lustrous to coated olive-green epidote prisms, to 1.5 cm, are festooned on both sides of the large sculptural vuggy matrix on this impressive and very rich specimen from this less well-known Spanish iron mine. Epidote specimens of this size, richness and quality are RARE from here. Specimens of any species are uncommon. Ex Raul Sanabria Collection and illustrated in the Spanish magazine "Revista de Minerales", Vol II, no. 3, 2002, page 20, figure 7.