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Collectible minerals - 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.


You can see diopside stone for sale and buy it in the Minerals of Russia online store.

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
Spinel, Diopside
Code: 4713
Spinel, Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
47*41*31mm

0.00 $ $48.33

Chromium Diopside
Code: 4652
Chromium Diopside
Inagli. Yakutia, RF
30*24*7mm

0.00 $ $23.00

Diopside, Grossular (Garnet), Clinochlore
Code: 4491
Diopside, Grossular (Garnet), Clinochlore
Bazhenovskoye field, Middle Urals, RF
95*67*24mm

0.00 $ $20.00

Diopside
Code: 4250
Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
36*26*14mm

0.00 $ $16.00

Diopside, Phlogopite
Code: 4251
Diopside, Phlogopite
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
38*29*21mm

0.00 $ $18.33

Diopside
Code: 4039
Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
49*40*19mm

0.00 $ $25.00

Diopside
Code: 667
Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
63*38*28mm

0.00 $ $24.00

Spinel, Diopside
Code: 1232
Spinel, Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
94*80*46mm

0.00 $ $170.00

Chromium Diopside archived
Code: 4653
Chromium Diopside
Inagli. Yakutia, RF
35*16*10mm

0.00 $ $26.33

Spinel, Diopside archived
Code: 4655
Spinel, Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
45*36*27mm

0.00 $ $39.67

Chromium Diopside archived
Code: 4485
Chromium Diopside
Inagli. Yakutia, RF
32*24*13mm

0.00 $ $28.33

Chromium Diopside archived
Code: 4268
Chromium Diopside
Inagli. Yakutia, RF
35*21*8mm

0.00 $ $28.33

Diopside archived
Code: 4040
Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
44*23*25mm

0.00 $ $16.00

Diopside archived
Code: 4041
Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
27*26*20mm

0.00 $ $13.00

Spinel archived
Code: 3050
Spinel
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
59*44*39mm

0.00 $ $65.00

Spinel archived
Code: 3051
Spinel
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
35*21*23mm

0.00 $ $45.00

Lavrovite, Wollastonite archived
Code: 2618
Lavrovite, Wollastonite
Patyn massif, Mountain Shoria, RF
44*39*30mm

0.00 $ $31.00

Diopside archived
Code: 646
Diopside
Afrikanda, Kola Peninsula, RF
32*22*13mm

0.00 $ $5.00

Diopside archived
Code: 2296
Diopside
Gon deposit, Aldan, Yakutia, RF
83*78*45mm

0.00 $ $98.33

Lavrovite, Violan, Wollastonite archived
Code: 1124
Lavrovite, Violan, Wollastonite
Patyn massif, Mountain Shoria, RF
45*30*35mm

0.00 $ $32.00

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