Diopside

Origin: Magog, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Carl Davis collection
Sample size: 4.8 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
 
Origin: India
Ex. Gene Meieran collection
Sample size: 4.0 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 6.6 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
 
  
Origin: Merelani Mines, Arusha, Tanzania
Sample size: 2.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Magog, Orford, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection
Sample size: 11.5 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
 
  
Origin: Alchuri, Baltistan, Pakistan
Sample size: 2.6 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm to 3.0 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
  
Origin: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Sample size: 2.8 x 3 x 3.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

2-3 cm sized brightgreen diopside-(Cr) crystals intergrown with chromite
Origin: Tagaung Taung Ni-Prospect, 20 Km NE Tagaung, 180 KM N. Mandalay, Myanmar
Sample size: 3 x 4 cm
 
  
Salite (= diopside), pale olive green aggregate
Origin: Sala, Sweden
Sample size: 3.5 x 5 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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