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Diopside

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Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Diopside specimens are rare from the Koksha Valley. A sharp, glassy, translucent, pretty mint-green diopside crystal is aesthetically set  on the white marble matrix. The well-placed, beautiful, large, sharply terminated crystal is 2.2 cm

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
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