Epidote Mineral Data

Epidote Mineral Data
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Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca2(Fe+++,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 519.30 gm
   Calcium   15.44 %  Ca   21.60 % CaO
   Aluminum   3.90 %  Al    7.36 % Al2O3
   Iron      24.20 %  Fe   34.60 % Fe2O3
   Silicon   16.22 %  Si   34.71 % SiO2
   Hydrogen   0.19 %  H     1.73 % H2O
   Oxygen    40.05 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca2Fe3+2.25Al0.75(SiO4)3(OH)
Help on Environment: Environment: Contact metamorphic rocks.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1801 - Dana # Changed from 58.2.1a.7
Help on Locality: Locality: Common world wide. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: From the Greek epidosis - "addition."
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Epidote Say EPIDOTE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 10268
  PDF 45-1446
  Pistacite - pistachio green
 

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Epidote

Comments: Dark green, blocky epidote with transparent quartz.
Location: Copper Mt., Prince of Wales, Alaska. Scale: 7 x 5 cm.
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Epidote Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.5921:1:1.812
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 8.98, b = 5.64, c = 10.22, Z = 2; beta = 115.4° V = 467.58 Den(Calc)= 3.69
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.68(1), 2.9(1), 2.69(0.7),
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Forms: ( 1 0 0) ( 1 1 1) ( 0 0 1)

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Ito T , American Mineralogist , 32 (1947) p.309-321, The structure of epidote (HCa2(Al,Fe)Al2Si3O13)

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Physical Properties of Epidote

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: {001} Perfect
Help on Color: Color: Yellowish green, Brownish green, Black, Yellow, Gray.
Help on Density: Density: 3.3 - 3.6, Average = 3.45
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent to opaque
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Regular - Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in a regular pattern.
Help on Habit: Habit: Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.
Help on Habit: Habit: Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.
Help on Habit: Habit: Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 7 - Quartz
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Non-fluorescent.
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: grayish white
 

Optical Properties of Epidote

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.118 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.175 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2042,KPDmeas= 0.2184,KC= 0.2477
Ncalc = 1.82 - 1.91
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.723-1.751, b=1.73-1.784, g=1.736-1.797, bire=0.0130-0.0460, 2V(Calc)=62-84, 2V(Meas)=64-89. Dispersion strong, r > v.
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): colorless, pale green, or pale yellow.
Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y): greenish yellow, greenish brown, or greenish yellow.
 

Calculated Properties of Epidote

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.39 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Epidote =3.45 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PEEpidote = 9.83 barns/electron
U=PEEpidote x rElectron Density= 33.35 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Epidote is Not Radioactive
 

Epidote Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 58.02.01a.02 (58)Sorosilicate Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups
  (58.02)with cations in [6] and higher coordination; single and double groups (n=1,2)
  (58.02.01a)Epidote group (Clinozoisite subgroup)
 
58.02.01a.01 Clinozoisite! Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.02 Epidote! Ca2(Fe,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.03 Epidote-(Pb)! (Ca,Pb,Sr)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.04 Mukhinite Ca2Al2V(SiO4)3(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.05 Piemontite Ca2(Al,Mn,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2(Mn,Fe)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.06 Piemontite-(Sr)! (Ca,Mn)(Sr,Ca)Mn(Al,Mn,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.07 Manganipiemontite-(Sr)! CaSr(Mn,Fe)2Al[Si3O12](OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.08 Gatelite-(Ce)! (Ca,Ce,La,Nd)4(Al,Mg,Fe)4[Si2O7][SiO4]3(O,F,OH)3 P 21/a 2/m
 
58.02.01a.09 Clinozoisite-(Sr)! CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.10 Uedaite-(Ce)! MnCeAl2Fe(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
58.02.01a.11 Epidote-(Sr)! CaSrAl2Fe(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 09.BG.05a 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)
  09.B - Sorosilicates
  09.BG -Sorosilicates with mixed SiO4 and Si2O7 groups;
 
09.BG.05a Clinozoisite Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
09.BG.05a Epidote Ca2(Fe,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
09.BG.05a Epidote-(Pb) (Ca,Pb,Sr)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
09.BG.05a Mukhinite Ca2Al2V(SiO4)3(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
09.BG.05a Piemontite Ca2(Al,Mn,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2(Mn,Fe)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
09.BG.05a Piemontite-(Sr)! (Ca,Mn)(Sr,Ca)Mn(Al,Mn,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
09.BG.05a Manganipiemontite-(Sr)! CaSr(Mn,Fe)2Al[Si3O12](OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
09.BG.05a Clinozoisite-(Sr)! CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 
09.BG.05a Epidote-(Sr)! CaSrAl2Fe(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 21/m 2/m
 

Other Epidote Information
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Epidote :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
5 - Athena
6 - CalTech Mineral Spectroscopy
7 - EUROmin Project
8 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
9 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn)
10 - Franklin Minerals(Palache)
11 - GeoScienceWorld
12 - Glendale Community College
13 - Google Images
14 - Google Scholar
15 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
16 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
17 - HyperPhysics
18 - MinDAT
19 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
20 - Minerals in Thin Section-University of North Carolina
21 - Minerals in Thin Sections-Humboldt State
22 - Online Mineral Museum
23 - Philatelic Mineralogy
24 - QUT Mineral Atlas
25 - Ruff.Info
26 - Scandinavian mineral gallery
27 - Tradeshop.com - The Rainbow of Gems
28 - UCLA - Petrography Thin-Sections
29 - University of Colorado - Mineral Structure Data
30 - WWW-MINCRYST
31 - YupRocks
32 - theimage

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Epidote

Ca2(Fe+++,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Dana No: 58.02.01a.02 Strunz No: 09.BG.05a
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