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Diopside On Andradite

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Diopside On Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Kara #1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire District, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm
Description

Pale creen doubly terminated diopside crystals by the score are scattered and stacked up in places across a bed of darl greenish brown andradite crystals.

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

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
Earthstones Australia

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