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Diopside With Phlogopite & Lapis Lazuli

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Diopside With Phlogopite & Lapis Lazuli

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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: 
4.5 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

A very good unusual well terminated gemmy green diopside incombination with gemmy phlogopite and minor lapis lazuli , no damage, this specimen is more beautiful unusual specimen from the locality.

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

Phlogopite

Formula: 
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White

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