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Diopside Var Traversellite

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Diopside Var Traversellite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

This is a specimen of the Charles Ottley Groom Napier (Prince of Mantua and Montferrat) collection.

Dark green crystals on matrix. Could be subject to further cleaning. A nice old-timer example with a history and the typical sticker - which was collected at some time between 1850 and 1890. Weight: 26 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

Traversellite

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Hardness: 
0.0

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