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Diopside & Hessonite

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Diopside & Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

A very colourfull specimen from Bellecombe with a very rich coverage of lustrous light green diopside crystals up to 1.2 cm, bright red hessonite crystals up to 5 mm and some booklets of dark green clinochlore crystals on matrix.
A very good specimen from this famous locality.

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
Cartils Minerals

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