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Diopside

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania (United Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

A sharp, competition-quality thumbnail, gemmier and brighter in person. Here we have wonderful, gemmy and double terminated  crystals of this rock-forming mineral that is normally dull and lifeless as far as crystals go.

This locality has produced the best of species, from the collectors point of view, and this is a very good example.

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