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Epidote

Unknown Owner
Ex Smithsonian Museum Collection with Old Label. Lustrous, blocky epidotes with quartz points intergrown between them. In good condition and a quality cabinet specimen that is representative for the area. There are a couple broken quartz crystals and minor dings to some epidote only towards the outer edges. Great provenance as well. Ex. Mel Bersch traded Smithsonian

Product details

Species
Epidote, QuartzAbout Epidote →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.0 x 8.0 x 5.5 cm
Added on09/13/2025
Locality
USA, Alaska, Prince of Wales IslandRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
11/2025Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—DanZ RockshopNot disclosed

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Epidote
Mineral guide
Learn about Epidote
vibrant pistachio to bottle-green crystals with prismatic forms, Alpine fissure and skarn varieties, and diverse collecting localities worldwide.
Epidote
Regional guide
Epidote from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Prince of Wales Island epidote is one of the great American mineral classics: dark, lustrous, sharply terminated, and unmistakably Alaskan in character. The best-known material comes from Green Monster Mountain, with related skarn occurrences in the Copper Mountain–Jumbo district. Collectors prize these specimens for their stout, blocky monoclinic crystals, deep bottle-green to nearly black color, bright vitreous luster, and the striking contrast of white to clear quartz or, more rarely, calcite.