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Edenite: NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2 Pargasite: NaCa2(Mg,Fe++)4Al(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Comments: Blocky, dark green crystals of visually indistinguishable pargasite and edenite. Location: Kolonne bei, Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka. Scale: 4.5 x 1.7 x 3.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Elbaite: Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Comments: Doubly terminated tri-color elbaite (tourmaline) with minor white clevelandite (albite). Location: Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California, USA. Scale: 3 x 1.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Ephesite: NaLiAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2 Hausmannite: Mn++Mn+++2O4
Comments: Flesh-colored ephesite associated with dark brownish black hausmannite. Location: Gloucester mine. Postmasburg, Cape province. S. Africa. Scale: 5.5 x 5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Epidote: Ca2(Fe+++,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Comments: Dark green, blocky epidote with transparent quartz. Location: Copper Mt., Prince of Wales, Alaska. Scale: 7 x 5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Euchroite: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)·3(H2O)
Comments: Green, well developed, coarsely-crystalline euchroite on matrix. Location: L'Ubietová (Libethen) Slovak Republic. Scale: 1.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Euclase: BeAlSiO4(OH)
Comments: Euclase with sharp edges and great color. This specimen is from one of the famous and finest world finds of euclase, in the Colombian Emeralds area. Location: Chivor, Columbia. Scale: 1.2 x 0.6 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Ferberite: Fe++WO4
Comments: Ferberite with minor siderite selvage. Location: Panasqueira (2nd level), in the region of Beira Baixa, Portugal. Scale: 6 x 5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Ferro-actinolite: [ ]Ca2Fe++5Si8O22(OH)2
Comments: Prismatic crystals of ferro-actinolite showing terminal crystal faces.. Location: Astor, Shigar Valley Pakistan. Scale: 4.5 x 3.3 x 4.2 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Fluorite: CaF2
Comments: Red-orange octahedral fluorite crystals on an albite matrix with well defined edges and faces. Location: Pointe Kurz (3600 m altitude), Mont Blanc Massif, Haute-Savoie, France. Scale: Crystal size is 2.1 x 1.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Forsterite: Mg2SiO4 Olivine: (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Comments: Peridot (Forsterite) recrystallized at the base. Location: Skardu, Nooristan, Pakistan. Scale: 2.5 x 2.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals