Deformed epidote within greenschist rock from Itogon, Philippines
Amygdaloidal basalt filled with epidote
Vug in basalt lined with epidote
Epidosite
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Epidosite is a highly altered epidote and quartz bearing rock. It is the result of slow hydrothermal alteration or metasomatism of the basaltic sheeted dike complex and associated plagiogranites that
Epidote
…minerals (feldspars, micas, pyroxenes, amphiboles, garnets, and others) composing igneous rocks. A rock composed of quartz and epidote is known as epidosite. Well-developed crystals are found at many localities: Knappenwand, near the Großvenediger in the Untersulzbachthal in Salzburg, as magnificent, dark…
Sample of Epidosite