Rosell Minerales
RM2189 Epidote and quartz
Los Serranos quarry, Fondó dels Frares, Albatera, Alacant, Valencia, SpainVery aesthetic group of deep green epidote fan-shaped aggregates on matrix. Epidotes have a good luster and intense green colour. There are some gemmy quartz crystals emerging from the epidote. The original label we will send to the buyer indicates that those crystals are clinozoisite, but recent studies show that all the analyzed specimens are epidote (Calvo, M., Subías, I. (2017): Epidote (not clinozoisite) and andradite garnet from Los Serranos quarry, Cabezo Negro, Albatera, Alicante. Mineral Up, 4:44-47).
Size: 6.8 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm.
Main crystal: 1 cm. aggr.
Found in 2012.
RM1690 Andradite, var. melanite
Los Serranos quarry, Fondó dels Frares, Alacant, Comunitat Valenciana, SpainVery rich andradite (var. melanite) specimen, with an intense color, showing interpentrated crystals and isolated ones with a good size. From a classic Spanish locality.
Size: 7.0 x 6.0 x 5.8 cm.
Main crystal: 16 x 15 mm.
RM1082 Datolite with calcite and quartz
Los Serranos quarry, Fondó dels Frares, Albatera, Alacant, Valencia, SpainGroup of datolite crystals, very rich in faces, translucent-white and well defined. They are on a matrix with calcite and quartz, with some epidote-clinozoisite. A piece of a well-known Spanish quarry from where nowadays is very difficult obtain samples because they are not making new blastings.
Size: 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm.
Main crystal: 4 x 3 mm.
Found in ca. 2005.
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