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Diopside

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Diopside

Ex coll. C. Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Ponte delle Capre, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.8 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
42.00gr
Description

Elongated prismatic brown diopside hosted within a thin rodingite matrix. Good lustre, the crystals have been exposed after careful etching with acid.

Self collected in the early 2000s. Delicate specimen, account for some damage during shipping - hence the low starting price.

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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