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Stone sphere balls - full range in stock "Diopside"

Diopside is a mineral from the pyroxene group. Forms an isomorphic series with hedenbergite, being its extreme member. Characteristic of skarns. It has a magmatic or contact-metamorphic nature. It has varieties:

     Anthochroite - light pink,
     Baikalite - dark or bluish green,
     Lavrovit - bright green,
     Violan - purple or blue,
     Chrome diopside - transparent emerald green.


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Physical properties of Diopside

General
Category Inosilicate mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)		 MgCaSi2O6
IMA symbol Di
Strunz classification 9.DA.15
Crystal system Monoclinic
Crystal class Prismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space group C2/c
Unit cell a = 9.746 Å, b = 8.899 Å
c = 5.251 Å; β = 105.79°; Z = 4
Identification
Color Commonly light to dark green; may be blue, brown, colorless, white to snow white, grey, pale violet
Crystal habit Short prismatic crystals common, may be granular, columnar, massive
Twinning Simple and multiple twins common on {100} and {001}
Cleavage Distinct/good on {110}
Fracture Irregular/uneven, conchoidal
Tenacity Brittle
Mohs scale hardness 5.5 - 6.5
Luster Vitreous to dull
Streak white
Specific gravity 3.278
Optical properties Biaxial (+)
Refractive index nα= 1.663 - 1.699, nβ= 1.671 - 1.705, nγ= 1.693 - 1.728
Birefringence δ = 0.030
2V angle Measured: 58° to 63°
Dispersion Weak to distinct, r>v
Melting point 1391 °C
Diopside (sphere)
Code: 748
Diopside (sphere)
Kovdor, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, RF
46mm

0.00 $ $90.00

Diopside, Tremolite, Phlogopite (sphere)
Code: 1655
Diopside, Tremolite, Phlogopite (sphere)
Kovdor, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula, RF
74mm

0.00 $ $240.00

Magnetite, Diopside (sphere)
Code: 817
Magnetite, Diopside (sphere)
Iron mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, RF
75mm

0.00 $ $226.67

Violan (sphere)
Code: 1253
Violan (sphere)
Khakassia, RF
64mm

0.00 $ $183.33

Chromium Diopside (sphere) archived
Code: 3585
Chromium Diopside (sphere)
Inagli. Yakutia, RF
43mm

0.00 $ $293.33

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