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Diopside & Hessonite

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Diopside & Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Mussa Alp, Balme, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm
Description

Sharp greenish diopside crystals with orange-red hessonite crystals (with antique labels)

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

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0