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Diopside

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Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Ettringer Bellerberg, Ettringen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Diopside crystals on matrix

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