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Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6], Epidote : {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}[O|OH|SiO4|Si2O7], Actinolite (Var: Byssolite) : ☐Ca2(Mg,Fe2+)5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
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Diopside rift (Schwarzenstein Alp), Ochsner Mt. - Rotkopf Mt. massif, Zemmgrund, Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
A solid mass of green translucent diopside crystals is filled with holes and vugs with crystal terminations. At one side of the specimen there is an area covered with intergrown amber epidote again showing crystal terminations (at least one double) and parallel twinning. To top matters off there are a few tufts of byssolite attached to the ... |
| © 2002 Thames Valley Minerals | Photo ID: 5638 View Count: 883 |
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Diopside rift (Schwarzenstein Alp), Ochsner Mt. - Rotkopf Mt. massif, Zemmgrund, Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Diopside, crystal 29 cm long, found about 1880, foto and collection K. Gerl |
| © K. Gerl | Photo ID: 113796 View Count: 302 |
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Diopside rift (Schwarzenstein Alp), Ochsner Mt. - Rotkopf Mt. massif, Zemmgrund, Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
6.9 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm. A superb gem crystal of diopside from this alpine deposit, long treasured for producing the best diopsides in Europe. Ex. William Larson Collection.
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| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 177445 View Count: 105 |
