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Diopside

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Diopside

Var Salite, ex Arno Hartmann collection
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Pargas, Turku-Pori, Southwest Finland, Finland
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.90cm
Description

Grayish green diopside crystals with relic of marble. The specimen isn't acidize, this shows the marble. The crystals have rounded crystal edges. The upper crystals faces looks like molar tooth.

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