AMPHIBOLE GROUP var. BYSSOLITE, EPIDOTE


Specimen: #11555
Locality: Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 56mm x 32mm x 15mm
Size description: Small Cabinet
Shipping: USA 12.80, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 18.90, China via UPS 33.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Knappenwand is a world famous mineral locality for fine Epidote-Byssolite and this is a beautiful specimen. Very dense cluster of fibrous hair like Byssolite needles are impaled on Epidote crystals. Byssolite has green color and it is very sparkling. Epidotes have very dark olive-green color. They are lustrous and strongly light reflective. Ref. The Mineralogical Record, vol. 17, pp 167-181. In excellent condition - some small contacts. On acrylic base.

Knappenwand specimens are not common, always highly prized and this is an exquisite piece!



AMPHIBOLE GROUP var. BYSSOLITE, EPIDOTE

AMPHIBOLE GROUP var. BYSSOLITE, EPIDOTE

AMPHIBOLE GROUP var. BYSSOLITE, EPIDOTE

AMPHIBOLE GROUP var. BYSSOLITE, EPIDOTE