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Diopside

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Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Testa Ciarva, Ala Valley, Lanzo, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Very beautiful old diopside specimen collected arround 1900 !
Gemmy and sharp diopside crystals up to 12 mm with perfect terminations with small gemmy redbrown grossular crystals on matrix.

Beautiful !

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