epidote
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Origin of epidote
1800–10; < French épidote < Greek *epidotós given besides, increased (verbid of epididónai ), equivalent to epi- epi- + dotós given (verbid of didónai )
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Beneath tents and canopies, on block after block, rested every kind of stone imaginable: the opaque, soapy pastels of angeline; dark, mossy-toned epidote; tourmaline streaked with red and green.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2019
In a variation on independent tetrahedra called sorosilicates, there are minerals that share one oxygen between two tetrahedra and include minerals like pistachio-green epidote, a gemstone.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
The “green” part of the name is derived from green minerals like chlorite, serpentine, and epidote, and the “schist” part is applied due to the presence of platy minerals such as muscovite.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
During the ore-forming process, some of the original minerals in these rocks are altered to potassium feldspar, biotite, epidote, and various clay minerals.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
All these types are holocrystalline, and range in texture from coarse granite with augen an inch long down to a fine epidote granite with scarcely visible crystals.
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by Head, James William
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