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Faden Diopside With Epidote

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Faden Diopside With Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm
Description

A superb perfect well doubly terminated faden diopside cluster incombination with epidote crystals from famed Alpine metamorpic - type deposits at Alchuri village, Shigar valley, Pakistan. No damage a very good  nice specimen from the locality, from recent trio to Alchuri village.

 

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

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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