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Chromian Diopside

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Chromian Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5.3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
9.00cm
Description

This would be almost a gem crystal with it's emerald green color. This rare big crystal (188 grams) seems undamaged although not all of the crystal surfaces are present. Those crystals come out of a quartz matrix. It's not often you see such a big chromian diopside crystal from Finland.

Old material from before 1970.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chromian Diopside

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Cr)MgSi2O6
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Green

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