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Diopside Grossular Calcite

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Diopside Grossular Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Søre Bumannsfjord, Seiland Island, Hammerfest, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 1 cm
Weight: 
50.00gr
Description

Irregular shaped green diopsides along with some light brown grossulars in calcite. Location 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

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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