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Diopside

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Diopsidrinne, Mayrhofen, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Great Austrian classic. I am offering these two crystals to show a little variety. Today it is more or less impossible to find just a sample at this locality.

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