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Tremolite Psm Diopside

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Tremolite Psm Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Antanimenabe, Sahatsiho-Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3 × 1 cm
Description

Nice pseudomorphose tremolite after diopside

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tremolite

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland

Diopside

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