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Diopside Var Chromian Diopside

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Diopside Var Chromian Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Vuonos Mine, Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.1 × 3.4 cm
Description

Prismatic crystals of deep green diopside, variety chromium-rich, imbibed in a quartz matrix. The main crystals are terminated and some present contacts with other crystals or with the quartz matrix.

Collected by Joseph Verbist before 1980.

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

Chromian Diopside

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Cr)MgSi2O6
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Green

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