Epidote
Epidote , noun
[Greek {not transcribed} to give besides; {not transcribed} over + {not transcribed} to give: compare French épidote. So named from the enlargement of the base of the primary, in some of the secondary forms.]
(Mineralogy) A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.
The Epidote group includes ordinary epidote, zoisite or lime epidote, piedmontite or manganese epidote, allanite or cerium epidote.