Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru

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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇], Dolomite : CaMg(CO₃)₂
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru A fan-shaped spray of greenish-black epidote crystals standing 4 1/2 inches tall. The top of the spray spreads out to 3 1/2 inches and has two or three rhombs of dolomite sitting on it. In the Charles Creekmur collection.
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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇], Quartz : SiO₂
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru 6.8 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm. An elegant spray of deep bottle-green crystals of epidote, with the unusually aesthetic addition of a transparent quartz crystal lying across the bottom of the spray. Just a very few of the terminations are incomplete, and they are hard to find amongst the naturally rough terminations of the other crystals. This is a super ...
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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇], Quartz : SiO₂
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru What a beautiful and dramatic specimen! A spray of epidote crystals, well terminated, perched right on top of a quartz crystal! A second spray juts forward into the main one. This is a really exceptional and aesthetic epidote specimen! From the mid-90s 7.3 x 5 x 3.8 cm
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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru A very showy, complete all-around specimen of radiating fans of lustrous, green epidote blades on matrix from Pampa Blanca, Peru. Very, very minor damage overall to this fine Lewadny Collection piece. 6.5 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru A cute 4.0 by 2.8 cms group of lustrous, very dark green, and terminated crystals. John Sobolewski specimen and photograph.
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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru A beautiful 4.0 by 2.5 cms spray of lustrous crystals. JSS specimen and phoyograph.
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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇], Quartz : SiO₂
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru Epidote crystals up to 5cm on Quartz (Larger Quartz crystal with 4cm) - Overall size 9x8x5cm - November of 2006
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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru Three large and about three lesser sprays of columnar epidote are randomly joined to make this very well-balanced specimen, about 8 cm high in this view. Its main attraction being its interesting architecture, the presence of a few nicks and bruises do not detract much. Collection and photo, T. Peterson.
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Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru An aesthetic spray of Epidote crystals. specimen size = 5.2 x 2 x 1 cm.
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Quartz : SiO₂
	Pampa Blanca, Ica Department, Peru 4.9 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm. A very aesthetic Japan-law twin quartz crystal specimen from recent finds in Peru. The Japan-law twin is superbly set on a bed of quartz points and looks great from either side. The lustrous, flattened, tabular crystals are water-clear to lightly frosted, striated and have interesting, beveled edges. This is an excellent ...
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