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Diopside & Hessonite

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Diopside & Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Testa Ciarva, Ala Valley, Lanzo, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7 × 4.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

A very colourfull specimen from the Italian Alps with a rich coverage of lustrous light green diopside crystals up to 1.8 cm and bright red hessonite crystals up to 5 mm on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
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