Piemontite-Epidote-Quartz Specimen Photos

"Minerals of the Wolf Creek Formation"
Gwinnett County
Norcross Quadrangle

Specimen Photographs:
"Piemontite - Epidote - Quartz"

Photograph - Dr. David Babulski

Collecting site "A". Photomicrograph at 20x.

Piemontite with epidote and quartz. This specimen is from a quartz epidote pod exhibiting en echelon fracture. The red of the piemontite forms a nice contrast with the green of the epidote. Piemontite is the relatively rare manganese bearing member of the epidote family. This mineral is also called: Manganepidote.

Photograph - Dr. David Babulski

Collecting site "A". Photomicrograph at 20x.

Piemontite with epidote and quartz.

Photograph - Dr. David Babulski

Collecting site "A". Photomicrograph at 20x.

Piemontite with epidote and quartz.

Photograph - Dr. David Babulski

Collecting site "A". Photomicrograph at 20x.

Piemontite with epidote and quartz.

Photograph - Dr. David Babulski

Collecting site "A". Photomicrograph at 20x.

Gemmy piemontite with epidote.

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