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Diopside With Magnetite Arsenopyrite & Chlorite

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Diopside With Magnetite Arsenopyrite & Chlorite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Złoty Stok, Gmina Złoty Stok, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 8 × 5.5 cm
Description

Pale green, radiating diopside, accompanied by black magnetite, bronze-colored arsenopyrite and bladed green chlorite. Comes with very old antique label dated 1851! The label mentions that this specimen was originally labeled as tremolite. ('Magneteisen' is a german synonym for magnetite, 'Arsenikalkies' is an old synonym for Arsenopyrite) Weight: 460 grams

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

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

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