Diopside

Diopside in calcite

Origin: Crestmore quarry, Jurupa Mts., Riverside Co., California, U.S.A.

Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Sample size: central crystal about 5 cm

 

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

Diopside on grossular

Origin: Val d'Ala, Piedmont, Italy

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Val d'Aosta, Italy

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Diopside (chromian)

Origin: Cervandone, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Feng Tien mine, Hualien, Taiwan

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

  

 

Origin: Ara, Piedmont, Italy

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 1.4 cm

 

  

Origin: DeKalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm

 

  

Origin: Harcourt Park Rd., Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada

Sample size: 6.5 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

The Arkenstone

 

  

Chromian diopside

Origin: Kaladar, Ontario, Canada

Sample size: 9 x 3.5 x 3 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  

 

  

Origin: Merelani Hills (Mererani), Umba Valley, Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania

Sample size: 11 x 11 x 25 mm (top), 18 x 14 x 20 mm (bottom)

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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