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Diopside On Hessonite

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Diopside On Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Green needle diopside crystals that reach 13 mm in length, on a matrix richly covered by red hessonite crystals and metallic green hexagonal crystals of clinochlore.

Ex. René Virlet.

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

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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