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Diopside With Anhydrite

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Diopside With Anhydrite

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Locality: 
Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 8 × 3.6 cm
Description

Sharp well terminated gemmy diopside crystals incombination with pyrite hosts to anhydrite matrix.Very unusual color of diopside.One diopside crystal is old chipped at one edge.Mineralogical Record Sar-e-Sang Vol. 45, No. 3 May - June 2014

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

Anhydrite

Formula: 
CaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Salt mine, Hall valley, Hall, Innsbruck, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

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