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Diopside

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Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Mussa Alp, Balme, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 1.5 × 2 cm
Description

Bndle of glassy green "mussite" (diopside variety). Although the type locality of the diopside is officially unknown, some argue that the first description of this mineral seems to have been made on material from here and therefore this would be the true type locality for the diopside but, as already said this has not been formalized . Excellent sample.

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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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