Epidote with good bow-tie, "The Circus Animal Cookie"

Epidote with good bow-tie, "The Circus Animal Cookie"Locale: Imilchil, Midelt Province, Morocco Approx dimensions: 3. 25 x 1. 75 x . 75" Approx weight: 114g I call this one The Circus Animal Cookie because it's flat with rounded edges vaguely resembling a moose with epidote antlers? No wait I think that one's supposed to be a hippo. Epidote grows long slender prismatic crystals with saturated olive green color, though it can be more yellow, brown, or even so saturated it appears black. The matrix the

Locale: Imilchil, Midelt Province, Morocco

Approx dimensions: 3.25 x 1.75 x .75"

Approx weight: 114g

I call this one The Circus Animal Cookie because it's flat with rounded edges vaguely resembling a moose with epidote antlers? No wait I think that one's supposed to be a hippo.

Epidote grows long slender prismatic crystals with saturated olive green color, though it can be more yellow, brown, or even so saturated it appears black. The matrix the crystals are attached to is grainy with green patches in gray rock, the green coloration also caused by epidote.

Radial growth forms are typical of the Imilchil region in Morocco. It’s common to find fans and bow-ties of epidote mixed in with individual crystals. This piece has a ridge of epidote crystals across the top with a good bow-tie. Epidote has a good luster which is apparent with the more well-formed crystals on the specimen.

There are some small pieces of an irregular colorless mineral, which is colorless quartz. and an off-cream colored one. One end of the epidote is covered with an opaque cream-colored mineral I suspect is orthoclase feldspar, which is also found at this locale.