Sorosilicates Gallery
Sorosilcates have in common two SiO4 silicate tetrahedrons linked by one oxygen ion (Si2O7).
Danburite, Epdiote, Axinite, Vesuvianite, Zoisite, Hemimorphite, Kinoite, Ruizite, Macfallite, Orientite, Pumpellyite and others
minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only
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6768
Axinite, Calcite

Miracle Mountain Mine, Garnet Hill, near Volcano, Calaveras Co., California
Ex. Norm Woods, Coll. By J. Seibel & H. Gordon, 1984
6.5 x 4 x 2.9 cm
$45
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6633
Curved Axinite-(Fe)

Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
5.4 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
$150
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6309
Axinite-(Fe), Quartz, Epidote

New Melones Dam, Calaveras Co., California
8.7 x 5.8 x 9.1 cm
$75
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2271
Epidote

Wadh, Khuzdar, Baluchistan, Pakistan
5.7 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
$75
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2454
Cuspidine

Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Type Location
UV Fluorescent
Ca4(Si2O7)(F,OH)2
Ex. Sid Williams, Ex. Steve Pullman
4.4 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
$75
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E
6777
Epidote on and Included in Quartz

Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Luiz Menezes
10 x 8 x 3.3 cm
$175
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6635
Epidote Included in Double Terminated Quartz

Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.8 x 5.1 x 4 cmThe main Quartz crystal is approximately 3 cm in width.
$150
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6598
Epidote Floater Crystal

Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Dist., Prince of Wales - Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska
Ex. Norm Woods
2.6 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm
$50
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6020
Epidote

Hachupa Epidote Locality, Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 3.2 x 0.5 cm
$75
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4291
Epidote, Quartz

Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Dist., Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska
Ex. H. R. McBroom, Trade 1976
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
$40
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3567
Epidote, Quartz

Ribeirao das Folhas, Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rocksmiths
4.7 x 2.8 x 3.6 cm
$25
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3464
Epidote

Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
6.7 x 6.1 x 3.3 cmMain crtstal is 2.8 cm is up to 3.8 cm thick.
$50
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3461
Epidote on and Included in Quartz

Kharan, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
6.6 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
$50
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2924
Epidote

Pakistan
4.6 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
$45
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1878
Epidote

Madagascar
6.7 x 7.2 x 4 cm
$200
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H
6905
Hardystonite (TL), Clinohedrite(TL), Willemite, Franklinite(TL)

Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey
Type Location
UV Fluorescent
Ca2Zn[Si2O7], CaZn(SiO4)·H2O
Ex. Steve Pullman
7.6 x 4 x 3.7 cm
$75
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6409
Hemimorphite

Wenshan, Yunan Province, China
10.8 x 10.4 x 8.5 cm
$85
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6149
Hemimorphite, Calcite

Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Don Langham, Prior to 1975
6.2 x 5 x 4.6 cm
$35
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5901
Hemimorphite

Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
4 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm
$35
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5099
Hemimoprhite

Wenshan, Yunan Province, China
7.6 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm
$75
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4681
Stalactic Hemimorphite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Prior to 1975
6.2 x 5.6 x 2.6 cm
$45
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6743
llvaite, Quartz, Hedenbergite

Laxey Mine,
Ex. Steve Pullman
3.6 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
$45
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6371
Ilvaite, Arsenopyrite, Hedenbergite, Tremolite

Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China
6.3 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm
$100
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6064
Ilvaite coated with Hedenbergite, Arsenopyrite

Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China
4.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
$35
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5368
Ilvaite, Andradite Garnet on Two Generations of Quartz

Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
3.2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
$60
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Q
T
4719
Tanzanite

Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania
25 x 7 x 7 mmsecond two measurements taken at the base of the crystal, weight: 11.25 ct
$375
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Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral
5530
Andradite Garnet,Calcite, Epidote, Smoky Quartz

Aeroplane Mine, Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Dist., Inyo Co., California
Ex. Steve Pullman from trade with California Academy of Sciences, Jan. 2006, Collected by William J. Keith USGS, April, 1996
8.4 x 5.7 x 2.8 cmLargest Andradite crystal is 3.5 mm across.
$75
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5130
Hemimorphite on Aurichalcite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 6 x 4.7 cm
$85
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6938
Copper with Cast after Calcite with Epidote

Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
1960s
13 x 9.7 x 6 cm
$45
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6800
Calcite on Quartz on Danburite with minor Sulfides

Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
8.2 x 6.2 x 5 cm
$125
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6887
Polished Datolite Nodule Pair with Included Copper and Epidote

Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan
Ex. Roland and Doris Snyder from Rich Whiteman
5.5 x 4.1 x 1.9 and 5.4 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm
$175
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6049
Datolite with Epidote and Native Copper

Ridge Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan
4.2 x 1.7 x 1 cm
$50
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2925
Datolite, Copper, Microcline, and Epidote

Butler lode, Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
4.7 x 2 x 2.5 cm
$50
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5390
Natrolite, Analcime, Prehnite, Pumpellyite, Datolite?, Calcite, Hematite?

Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterberg, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
$35
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6239
Prehnite with minor Epidote

Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
6 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
$200
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4349
Uralite, Epidote

Calumet Mine, Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA
7.8 x 6.5 x 4.5 cmEpidote XL is 2.7 long and 1.1 cm in width
$40
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3339
Uralite and Epidote with Calcite

Calumet Mine, Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA
11.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 cmLargest XL 7 x 3 x 1 mm
$30
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