This specimen has dark brown crystals in
calcite
matrix of diopside var. Scherfferite. The largest lath-like crystal is 1.5 cm
in length. Schefferite is a varietal name used at Långban to cover all
diopside found at the mine that varying levels of manganese.
This specimen has crystals of translucent diopside with scattered octahedral
crystals of
magnetite to 3 mm set in milky white
barite.
This is a specimen rich in crystals of diopside var. schefferite. The matrix
of the specimen consists of
calcite
impregnated with myriad lath shaped crystals of
richterite. Schefferite is a varietal name used at Långban to cover all
diopside found at the mine that varying levels of manganese.
Origin: Långban, Sweden
Harry von Eckermann Collection
Harry von Eckermann Collection
Sample size: 7.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (top), 10 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm (2nd row), 7 x 5 x
2.4 cm (3rd row), 9 x 6.5 x 4 cm (4th/bottom row)
Chrome diopside
Origin: Tormiq, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Sample size: 4.2 x 3 x 1.7 cm
This specimen of light violet coloured
anhydrite
hosts a rich lime green colored and doubly terminated crystal of diopside.
Origin: Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Origin: Orford Nickel Mine, Orford, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Rick Green collection
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
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