Epidote

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Mineral guide

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vibrant pistachio to bottle-green crystals with prismatic forms, Alpine fissure and skarn varieties, and diverse collecting localities worldwide.

Regional guide

Epidote from Tormiq Valley, Pakistan

Tormiq Valley epidote is one of the great modern expressions of the Alpine-cleft style outside Europe: sharp, lustrous, pleochroic crystals from the high Karakoram, often so transparent at the edges that a dark olive prism suddenly flashes golden green under transmitted light. The best pieces are not merely “good for Pakistan”; they stand naturally beside classic Alpine epidotes because of their glassy luster, fine striations, sword-like terminations, and habit of forming clean, sculptural groups rather than massive aggregates.