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MINERALS INDEX
Epidote |
| Ca2(AlOH)(Al,Fe)2(SiO4)3 |
| Monoclinic |
Crystals of epidote, small and poorly developed, and dark to light-green crystalline aggregates of the mineral are not uncommon in the pegmatite of both Franklin and Sterling Hill near its contacts with the ore bodies. Epidote is also fairly abundant in the iron mines south of Franklin, both in the ore and in the associated pegmatite.
The mineral was noted as early as Nuttall's time (7), but it is relatively of little significance in the mineralogy of the district.
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