Epidote, Quartz

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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 only 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 at Tucson might have seen a few of these unusual Epidotes on display in the "Green Monster Mountain" case. This piece comprises deep green, highly lustrous, translucent, thin, prismatic crystals of Epidote in a "fan"-shaped aggregate. The final touch to this specimen is a few associated sharp, gemmy, lustrous Quartz crystals. A very interesting U.S. Epidote specimen from what I was told was a one time find.