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Clinozoisite & Diopside

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Clinozoisite & Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Laietto, Condove, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

Very nice, bright-green transparent, sharp crystals of clinozoisite and pale-green crystals of diopside from a classic Italian locality.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinozoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Gösleswand (Goslerwand), Prägraten, Virgen Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

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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