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Clintonite & Diopside

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Clintonite & Diopside

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
Lago della Vacca, Cornone di Blumone, Breno, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

dark green clintonite crystals on vug with oil green diopside crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clintonite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3SiO10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.35
Hardness: 
3.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Clintonite type locality, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA

Diopside

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