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Diopside

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Ochsner-Rotkopf Massif, Zemmgrund, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

Great Austrian classic - today it is more or less impossible to find just a sample at the locality. The particular crystal is in good dimension, it is very translucent and clear and it shows a dark green cap.

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