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Diopside Var Schefferite

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Diopside Var Schefferite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Brown schefferite with other minerals in matrix. Schefferite is a rare manganoan variety of diopside, originally described from Langban.

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

Schefferite

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)(Mg,Fe,Mn)Si2O6
Hardness: 
0.0

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