Origin: Xinjiang, Uygur Province (?), China (the Altay region, in Xinjiang
Province. Uygur is not a province but the name given to the local minority
people of Xinjiang province
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm (top), 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm (2nd row left/middle), 3.5 x
1 x 0.8 cm (2nd row right), 4.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm (3rd row left/middle), 2.5 x 2
x 1 cm (3rd row right), 1-2 cm (4th row left), 2.25 x 1.5 x 1 cm (4th row
middle/right), 2 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm (5th row left), 2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm (5th row
middle), 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (5th row right), 2.5 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm (bottom left),
2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm (bottom right)
Chrome diopside on
quartz
Origin: Sar-E-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
Origin: Xinjiang, Uygur Province, China
(illustrated in Mineralogical Record vol. 27#2)
(illustrated in Mineralogical Record vol. 27#2)
Sample size: 3.4 x 1.3 x 1 cm
Origin: Nag Myo, Mogok, Burma
Sample size: 2.6 x 1 x 0.5 cm
Dioptase on
calcite
Origin: Altyn-Tyube, Kazakhstan (type locality)
Sample size: 9.5 x 7 x 4.7 cm
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