Epidote with good bow-tie, "The Circus Animal Cookie" Peridotite in basalt UV REACTIVITY the calcite base

UV REACTIVITY the calcite base of bumblebee jasper fluoresces white to red under 365nm UV light

apparently dissolved away

and is very bright when exposed to a powerful 365nm UV light

Approx size: 4

Bumblebee jasper is not a true jasper

Epidote with good bow-tie, "The Circus Animal Cookie" Peridotite in basalt UV REACTIVITY the calcite baseLocale: 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