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Faden Diopside

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Faden Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 1.7 × 2.7 cm
Description

Well terminated gemmy faden diopside crystals hosts to matrix from famed Alpine metamorphic-type deposits from Alchuri village, no damage, nice specimen.

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

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