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Diopside On Marble

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Diopside On Marble

ex collection Eugen Kreidler, ex Williams
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Description
Locality: 
Cascade Slide, Cascade Mountain, Keene, Essex County, New York, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.1 × 3.6 cm
Description

Dark green diopside (old Germanname: kokkolith) in/on marble. Very nice old specimen with old label (pre 1960ies).

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

Marble

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0

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