Zoisite Gallery

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Zoisite : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Laghman (Lagman; Nuristan) Province, Afghanistan 3.5 x 1.6 cm. A fine, gemmy, violet, terminated xl.
© H. Obodda	Photo ID: 185741 View Count: 161
Zoisite : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Laghman (Lagman; Nuristan) Province, Afghanistan 11.2 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm. This gorgeous crystal is a very unusual; purple zoisite, a rare color for zoisite from anywhere but Tanzania where we call the varietal there tanzanite. In fact, I have never heard of it before from this locality. Very few came out apparently, and this was the best single crystal I saw in a small lot belonging to Herb Obodda ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 224737 View Count: 97
Zoisite : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Branxholm, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia 13mm x 12mm
© C.Mercer	Photo ID: 200853 View Count: 93
Zoisite (Var: Thulite) : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Loja, Persenbeug, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria FOV 20 mm; Chris Auer photo and collection, self collected in 2007
	Photo ID: 159200 View Count: 189
Zoisite : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria 5.0 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm. A showy, old-time Austrian specimen of two, lustrous, partially gemmy, rose-red zoisite crystals nicely placed in a vug with quartz in banded gneiss from a CLASSIC locality - Zillertal. The crystals reach 3.2 cm and the terminations are contacted. This remains a highly representative specimen of the species, with uncommon ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 154673 View Count: 193
Zoisite (Var: Thulite) : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	British Canadian mine (B.C. 1 & B.C. 2 mines), Black Lake, Mégantic Co., Québec, Canada A cabinet specimen about 18" tall of thulite. This is on display at the Thetford Mines Mining and Mineral Museum.
	Photo ID: 240461 View Count: 41
Zoisite (Var: Thulite) : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Markovice, Čáslav (Tschaslau), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic 2 cm spray of relatively vivid thulite in a hydrothermal vein, at the border of the vein with mother rock. Petr Gadas/Radek Skoda (Masaryk University, Brno) gift - thanks!
© Ł Kruszewski 09	Photo ID: 222903 View Count: 72
Zoisite : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Petches, Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France Zoisite crystals in Albite vug Field of view 2 mm Photo and Collection Patrice Queneau
© P.Queneau	Photo ID: 169552 View Count: 192
Zoisite : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	Petches, Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France Zoisite crystals in Albite vug Field of view 2 mm Photo and Collection Patrice Queneau
© P.Queneau	Photo ID: 169551 View Count: 132
Zoisite : {Ca₂}{Al₃}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇], Prehnite : Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₂(OH)
	Trace Mine, Juarez, Mun. de Ensenada, Baja California Norte, Mexico 7.9 x 7.2 x 6.9 cm. An extremely rare Mexican specimen featuring sprays of zoisite crystals embedded in massive prehnite - an old specimen that even most Mexico collectors probably have not seen the likes of. The zoisite sprays, to 4 cm, have grown across a vug, and one of them is almost completely freestanding. This old-timer came out of the ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 170609 View Count: 166