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Diopside

ex collection Helmuth Hatton

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Description
Locality: 
Nonza, Cap Corse, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Greenish diopside crystal sheaves on slate from a virtually unknown 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

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