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Diopside Var Violan

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Diopside Var Violan

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Description
Locality: 
Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3 × 8 × 5 cm
Weight: 
119.00gr
Description

Very nice massive blue-purple Diopside var. "Violan" in Quartz matrix. Very aesthetic specimen

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

Violan

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Hardness: 
6.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy