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Enstatite Diopside Pyrope & Omphacite

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Enstatite Diopside Pyrope & Omphacite

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Description
Locality: 
Åheim, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 3.6 × 3.2 cm
Description

A specimen with a rare paragenese from an known locality.

A synonyme of this type of mineral combination is Garned-Lherzolithe,

it is quite rare

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

Omphacite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Al)Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Eclogite outcrops, Weißenstein, Stammbach, Münchberg Metamorphic complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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