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Uvarovite & Diopside

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Uvarovite & Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Normandie Mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Colerain, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 6 × 3.8 cm
Description

Dark green euhedral crystals of uvarovite in a matrix of prismatic crystallized diopside. It is not an aesthetic specimen but it does is another uncommon locality specimen.

Acquired in 1977, it is an Ex. Gerard Vogel specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uvarovite

Formula: 
Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii area, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Diopside

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

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