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Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Beautiful pale green diopside crystal in a matrix of an uncommon metamorphic rock having lazurite as an essential component.

Ex Armin Wendland collection - aquired 2001

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