Diopside

  
  
Diopside with grossular and clinochlore
Origin: Val D''Ala, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 7.4 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm
 
           
Origin: Tormiq Valley, Skardu Road, Gilgit, Pakistan
Ex. Irv Brown collection
Sample size: 2.9 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
 
  
  
Chrome diopside
Origin: Outokumpu, Ita-Suomen Laani, Finland
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 8.6 x 6.6 x 4.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Dekalb, St. Lawrence Co., New York, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 17 x 10 x 34 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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