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Diopside With Grossular

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Diopside With Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 6 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

A very nice combination specimen of diopside, grossular with calcite (marble)  . There is no damage in diopside.

A really nice example from Badakhshan.

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

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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