A deep green, lustrous to sublustrous epidote crystal. Based on their pseudo-octahedral morphology and (in some cases) magnetic properties, these were originally though to be epidote replacements of magnetite (pseudomorphs). However subsequent work has disproved this, and shown the magnetism is in fact due to microscopic magnetite inclusions. When this material first hit the market about a decade ago they were available in abundance. Now much harder to find, especially larger specimens such as this one. A few rough, matrix-included spots but overall quality is quite nice. (In the initial finds large specimens such as this were only rarely found or collected in superb condition.)