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Chromian Diopside

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Chromian Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Vuonos Mine, Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.3 × 6 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
453.00gr
Description

Prismatic crystal of green coloured diopside, variety chromium-rich, with minor golden pyrrhotite. It is a big piece, that reach almost 0.5 Kg. Collected by Joseph Verbist before 1980.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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