Chromian Diopside

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Formula:

(Ca,Cr)MgSi

Colour:

Green

Lustre:

Name:

From the Greek dis - "two kinds" and opsis - "opinion."

A variety of Diopside

A green, Cr-bearing variety of diopside.

Classification of Chromian Diopside

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Occurrences of Chromian Diopside

Geological Setting:

Basic and ultrabasic igneous and metamorphic rocks

Physical Properties of Chromian Diopside

Colour:

Green

Streak:

White green

Chemical Properties of Chromian Diopside

Formula:

(Ca,Cr)MgSi

Essential elements:

Ca, Mg, O, Si

All elements listed in formula:

Ca, Cr, Mg, O, Si

Other Names for Chromian Diopside

Synonyms:

Chrom-Diopsid

Chrome-Diopside

Other Languages:

Simplified Chinese:	铬透辉石

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References for Chromian Diopside

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Bromiley, G.D., Keppler, H., McCammon, C., Bromiley, F.A., and Jacobsen, S.D. (2004) Hydrogen solubility and speciation in natural, gem-quality chromian diopside. American Mineralogist: 89: 941-949.

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Angola
Lunda Sul Province Catoca kimberlite field Catoca Mine	http://www.venuewest.com/8IKC/s1post.htm

Antarctica
Eastern Antarctica Victoria Land Frontier Mountain meteorite trap	Meteoritical Bulletin, 84 (Aug. 2000)

Argentina
Chaco Gran Chaco Campo del Cielo meteorite	Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV (2003)

Australia
New South Wales Yungnulgra Co. White Cliffs Kayrunnera	Eur. J. Mineral. , 1991, 3, pp. 293-322.
Tasmania Burnie district Oonah Coates pit	Mathew Latham coll.
Victoria City of Greater Geelong Anakie Mount Anakie	Judy Rowe Collection
Western Australia King George River Skerring Pipe	The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
Kununurra Bow Hill Dykes	The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
Maude Creek Dyke	The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
Noonkanbah Mount Abbott	The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.

Austria
Carinthia Hohe Tauern Glockner group Hochtor area Brennkogel (south slope)
Styria Bad Gleichenberg Kapfenstein Castle hill	R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
Klause Schlarbaum quarry	Aufschluss 1972(SB), 52-55

Botswana
Central District Letlhakane District Letlhakane Letlhakane Mine	Stiefenhofer, J., Viljoen, K.S., and Marsh, J.S. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 147-158.

Brazil
Minas Gerais Jequitinhonha valley Araçuaí (Arassuaí)	Rob Lavinsky

Burma (Myanmar)


Canada
Alberta Buffalo Hills kimberlite Province	www.venuewest.com/8IKC/s1post.htm.
Northwest Territories Contwoyto Lake Jericho kimberlite pipe	Journal of Petrology 40:79-104
Nunavut Territory Somerset Island Jos kimberlite	Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 18, pp.24l-250 (1980)
Nikos kimberlite	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 65, No. 22, pp. 4243–4255, 2001
Tunraq kimberlite	Roger H. Mitchell (1979) Mineralogy of the Tunraq kimberlite Somerset Island NWT Canada. in Kimberlites, diatremes, and diamonds: their geology, petrology, and geochemistry By Francis R. Boyd, Henry O. A. Meyer pp161-171.
Ontario Timiskaming District Gauthier Township Kirkland Lake area

China
Anhui Province Anqing Prefecture Qianshan Co. Maowu complex	The Island Arc, April 1998, V 7, N 1-2, pp. 135-141.
Jiangsu Province Lianyungang Prefecture Donghai Co. Maobei CCSD Main Hole	Liu Xiangwen, Jin Zhenmin, Qu Jing, and Wang Lu (2005): ExsolScience in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 48(9), 1368-1376.
Unnamed Cr occurrence	Jinsheng Wei, Zili Zheng, and Sisong Chen (1985): Acta Mineralogica Sinica (2), 184-186
Nanjing Prefecture Luhe District Panshishan	Zhang, W.L., Chen, L.H., and Xu, X.S. (2007): Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, A 1160.
Shaanxi Province Hanzhong Prefecture	Hongxing Zhou and Yuming Zhang (1995): Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment 17(1)
Shandong Province Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province) Weihai Prefecture Rongcheng Co. Chijiadian	http://www.ngu.no/FileArchive/165/2003_055.pdf Geological Survey of Norway / The Alice Wain Memorial West Norway Eclogite Field Symposium / Abstract Volume.
Linyi Prefecture Yimeng Mts (Yimeng Shan) Mengyin Co. Mengyin Kimberlite field	Jianhong Zhang, Guojie Yang, and Zhaohui Li (1986): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 6(4), 344-349
Tibet Autonomous Region Shannan (Lhokha; Lhoka) Prefecture Qusum (Qusong) Co. Luobusa ophiolite	Wenji Bai, Jingsui Yang, Qingsong Fang, Binggan Yan, and Zhongming Zhang (2001): Earth Science Frontiers 8(3), 111-121
Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region Yili Hasake (Ili Kazakh) Autonomous Prefecture Tacheng (Tarbaghatay) Prefecture Tuoli (Toli) Co. Sartohay (Sartokay; Sartuohai; Saertuohai) Sartohay Mine	Zhou, M.-F., Robinson, P.T., Malpas, J., Sun, M., Aitchison, J., Bai, W.J., Hu, X.-F., and Yang, J.-S. (2001): Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 19(4), 517-534.

Czech Republic
Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen) Ústí Region Třebenice (Trebnitz) Kuzov Hill	Rost R.: Doplňky k mineralogii pyropových štěrků v Českém středohoří. Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii, 1962, 7, 4, 407-417.
Linhorka hills	Rost R.: Doplňky k mineralogii pyropových štěrků v Českém středohoří. Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii, 1962, 7, 4, 407-417.

Finland
Eastern Finland Region Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field Outokumpu Cu-Zn deposit	Rocks & Min.: 22: 506-509.
Polvijärvi Horsmanaho talc quarry	No reference listed

France
Midi-Pyrénées Ariège Massat Le Port Col d'Agnès Etang de Lherz Peridotite outcrops	J.L. Bodinier et al. , Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 345-358 / A.B. Woodland , Chemical Geology, 10 December 1996, vol. 134, no. 1, pp. 83-112(30) / J.P. Lorand, 1989, Lithos, 23, 281-299
Saint-Girons Aulus-les-Bains Col d'Agnès La Freychinède Peridotite outcrop	J.L. Bodinier et al. , Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 345-358 / A.B. Woodland , Chemical Geology, 10 December 1996, vol. 134, no. 1, pp. 83-112(30) / J.P. Lorand, 1989, Lithos, 23, 281-299

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Kerguelen Islands	Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 122, 174-190 (1995)

Germany
Baden-Württemberg Kaiserstuhl Sasbach Limberg Quarries	Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Bavaria Franconia Fichtelgebirge Marktredwitz Pechbrunn Großer Teichelberg	Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990

Greece
Macedonia Department Kozáni Prefecture Kozáni and Grevena prefectures border area Vourinos Mt ophiolite complex Aetoraches Mine	No reference listed

Hungary
Nógrád Co. Karancs-Medves Mts. Bárna Nagy-kő	C. Szabó et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 881-899.
Veszprém Co. Balaton Uplands Kapolcs Bondoró Hill

Italy
Basilicata Potenza Province Monte Vulture Melfi Vallone Toppo di Lupo	Stoppa, F., and Woolley, A.R. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 43-67
Piedmont Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province Different Municipalities Finero Ultramafic Complex	Zaccarini, F., Stumpfl, E.F., and Garuti, G. (2004) Zirconolite and Zr-Th-U minerals in chromitites of the Finero complex, Western Alps, Italy: evidence for carbonatite-type metasomatism in a subcontinental mantle plume. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1825-1845.
Sicily Siracusa Province Melilli Cozzo Molino	S. Tonarini et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 1153-1173.

Japan
Hokkaido Hidaka Province Samani-gun Samani-cho Horoman peridotite body	M. Yamaguchi (1961) Mem. Fac. Sci., Kyushu University, Ser. D, Geology, 10, 2, 233-245.
Chromdiopside gabbroic granulite layer	E. Takazawa et al. , Journal of Petrology, V 40, N 12, December 1999, pp. 1827-1851.
Honshu Island Chubu Region Yamanashi Prefecture Nanbu town (Nambu town) Kamisano	Akira Kato (2011) Explanations of distributed specimens at the Ordinary Meeting of Mumeikai Group, No. 34 (January, 2011).
Tohshima	Akira Kato (2011) Explanations of distributed specimens at the Ordinary Meeting of Mumeikai Group, No. 34 (January, 20011).
Chugoku Region Okayama Prefecture Tsuyama City Oyama and Meyama	Masaru Yamaguchi (1964) Petrogenic Significance of Ultrabasic Inclusions in Basaltic Rocks from Southwest Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 15, #1, 163-219.
Shimane Prefecture Hamada City Ohgusoyama	Masaru Yamaguchi (1964) Petrogenic Significance of Ultrabasic Inclusions in Basaltic Rocks from Southwest Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 15, #1, 163-219.
Kanto Region Kanagawa Prefecture Yamakita Yaga ?	Alfredo Petrov, field observations, May 2011.
Saitama Prefecture Chichibu-gun Arai	Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
Kyushu Region Saga Prefecture Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun) Takashima islet	Masaru Yamaguchi (1964) Petrogenic Significance of Ultrabasic Inclusions in Basaltic Rocks from Southwest Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 15, #1, 163-219.
Shikoku Island Ehime Prefecture Akaishi mine	Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan); Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
Higashi-Akaishi dunite	M. Yamaguchi (1961) Mem. Fac. Sci., Kyushu University, Ser. D, Geology, 10, 2, 233-245.

Lesotho
Butha-Buthe District Kao kimberlite pipe

Mauritania
Tiris Zemmour Region Tenoumer area Tenoumer concession (Tenoumer kimberlite)	http://www.rexmining.be/rdmc/Pressroom/1999/1999_06_29_E.htm; Rex Diamond Mining Corp. Investors Brief.

Mexico
Coahuila Bolsom de Mapimí Coahuila meteorite
Mexico Jiquipilco (Xiquipilco) Toluca meteorite	Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols

Mongolia
Arhangay Aimag Hangai highland Tariat Shavaryn Tsaram	Pavel M. Kartashov data

Mozambique
Nampula Province Calana	Martins da Pedra.

New Caledonia
Southern Province Col du Mouirange	Mineralogical Magazine 1977 41 : 395-397
Ouen Island Ouen Island ophiolite	33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Platinum-group minerals in chromitite schlieren from the ouen island, new caledonia ophiolite

New Zealand
South Island Otago Kakanui Kakanui North & South Heads	Mason, B. (1968): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 19, 316-327.

Norway
Jan Mayen Island Beerenberg volcano	www.albany.edu/geosciences/cwhitems.html.
Møre og Romsdal Midsund Otrøy (Otrøya; Otterøy)	Katayama,I., Karato, S-i., and Brandon, M. (2005): Evidence of high water content in the deep upper mantle inferred from deformation microstructures. Geology 33: 613-616
Uglvik (Ugelvik)	Hysingjord, J. (1967): Edel granat fra Otterøy ved Molde. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 255 (Årbok 1967): 5-9
Nordland Rana Storakersvatn	Nordrum, F. S. (2007): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2006-2007. STEIN 34 (2), 14-26
Steigen	Nordrum, F.S. (2005): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2004-2005. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 30: 117-124
Vefsn Elsfjord

Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Baltistan Skardu District Haramosh Mts. Chamachhu Chamachhu Chromian Diopside Locality	Van King
Chamachhu Pegmatites	[www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]
Tormiq valley (Tormic; Tormik; Tormig; Turmiq)

Poland
Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie) Jawor District Piotrowice Winna Góra Hill	Matusiak M., Puziewicz J., 2005: PRELIMINARY DATA ON BASALT FROM WINNA GÓRA NEAR JAWOR (SW POLAND) AND ITS PERIDOTITIC ENCLAVES. Mineralogical Society of Poland - Special Papers, 26

Russia
Eastern-Siberian Region Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia) Aldan Shield Aldan Inagli Massif Inagli chrome diopside deposit	Naumov, VB and Kamenetsky, VS and Thomas, R and Kononkova, NN and Ryzhenko, BN (2008): Inclusions of silicate and sulfate melts in chrome diopside from the Inagli deposit, Yakutia, Russia. Geochemistry International, 46, 554-564. [http://eprints.utas.edu.au/7673/1/GeochemInt2008-Inagli.pdf]
Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field Daldyn Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe	M. Kamenetsky et al. , Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 2003.
Mirny Mir Pipe (Myr Pipe)	Van King
Far-Eastern Region Kamchatka Oblast' Avacha volcano (Avachinsky volcano; Avachinskaya Sopka)	Turner, A., Drummond, M.S., Kepezhinskas, P., and Defant, M.J. (1996) Mineralogy and Geochemistry of mantle Xenoliths and Host Volcanics of the Avachinsky Volcano, Kamchatka Arc, Russia. 1996 Abstracts with Programs, The Geological Society of America.
Northern Region Arkhangel'skaja Oblast' Zimny Bereg District Zimny Bereg kimberlite field Verkhotina occurrence Grib pipe	Kononova, V.A., Golubeva, Y.Y., Bogatikov, O.A., and Kargin, A.V. (2007): Geology of Ore Deposits 49(6), 421-441.

Slovakia
Banská Bystrica Region Lučenec Co. Mašková	Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k
Podrečany Basalt quarry	Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p
Šiatorská Bukovinka	Ďuďa,R., Mrázek,Z., Košuth,M., 1984: Postmagmatická zeolitová mineralizácia Cérovej vrchoviny. Min.Slovaca, 16,2,157 - 172

South Africa
Free State Province Koffiefontein Koffiefontein Mine	Mathias, M., Siebert, J.C., and Rickwood, P.C. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 75-123.
Northern Cape Province Kimberley Bultfontein Mine	S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)
De Beers Mine	S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)
Warrenton Mount Rupert Frank Smith mine	Minerals of South Africa

Switzerland
Ticino (Tessin) Riviera Bellinzona Gorduno Arami Alp	UHPM Workshop 2001 at Waseda University 3P05 (Page 201-202) http://www.earth.edu.waseda.ac.jp/uhpm/cdrom/abstracts/3p05/3p05.pdf
Verzasca Valley Cima di Gagnone	UHPM Workshop 2001 at Waseda University 3P05 (Page 201-202) http://www.earth.edu.waseda.ac.jp/uhpm/cdrom/abstracts/3p05/3p05.pdf

Taiwan
Taiwan Province Hualien Co. Fengtien nephrite belt	Al Falster collection

Tanzania
Arusha Region Lelatema Mts Merelani Hills (Mererani) D-Block Mine	Van King
Kilimanjaro Region Lashaine volcano Peridotite xenoliths	J.B. Dawson, Journal of Petrology, 2002, V 43, N° 9, pp. 1749-1777.
Olmani Cinder Cone (Olmani Hill) Peridotite xenoliths	R.L. Rudnick et al. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 114, 1993, pp. 463-475.

USA
Arizona Apache Co. Buell Park	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 204; Bideaux, R.A., et al (1960), Some new occurrences of minerals of AZ, AZ Geol.Soc.Digest: 3: 53-56.
Buell Park diatreme	New Mexico GeologicalSociety Guidebook, 54th Field Conference, Geology of the Zuni Plateau, 2003, pp. 133-138.
Navajo Indian Reservation Monument Valley Dinnehotso Garnet Ridge	Witkind, I.J. & R.E. Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits in the Monument Valley area, Apache & Navajo Cos., AZ, USGS Bull. 1103: 57.
Arkansas Pike Co. Murfreesboro Crater of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite)	(Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 66:252-262).
California Siskiyou Co. Yreka Unnamed Cr occurrence (21)	Diller, J.S. (1919) Recent studies of domestic chromite deposits. A.I.M.E. Bulletin 153: 1995; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 388.
Colorado Boulder Co. Green Mountain kimberlite	"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
Larimer Co. State Line Kimberlite District Nix Kimberlites	Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
Sloan diatremes	Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
Hawaii Honolulu Co. Oahu Island Koolau Range (Koolau caldera) Pali	B. De Vivo et al. , Bull. Minéral. , 1988, 111, pp. 307-319.
Kentucky Elliott Co. Elliott County Kimberlite	Kunz,1892: Gems & Precious Stones of N. America, p.151.
Maryland Montgomery Co. Rockville Hunting Hill quarry (Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry; Travilah Quarry; Rockville Quarry; Bardon Stone Quarry; Aggregate Industries Quarry)	F. Parker (2005) "The Minerals of the Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Maryland" Mineralogical Record 35:435-446.
New Mexico McKinley Co. Red Lake volcanic field Green Knobs	New Mexico GeologicalSociety Guidebook, 54th Field Conference, Geology of the Zuni Plateau, 2003, pp. 133-138.
New York Tompkins Co. Ithaca Cascadilla Gorge Kimberlite Dike	Kay, S. M., Snedden, W. T., Foster, B.P., and Kay, R.W., 1983. Upper mantle and crustal fragments in the Ithaca kimberlites. Journal of Geology (91): p. 277-290.
Oklahoma Caddo Co. Caddo County meteorite	Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 409.
Utah San Juan Co. Bluff Cane Valley	New Mexico GeologicalSociety Guidebook, 54th Field Conference, Geology of the Zuni Plateau, 2003, pp. 133-138.
Mule Ear	New Mexico GeologicalSociety Guidebook, 54th Field Conference, Geology of the Zuni Plateau, 2003, pp. 133-138.
Garnet Ridge	New Mexico GeologicalSociety Guidebook, 54th Field Conference, Geology of the Zuni Plateau, 2003, pp. 133-138.
Moses Rock	New Mexico GeologicalSociety Guidebook, 54th Field Conference, Geology of the Zuni Plateau, 2003, pp. 133-138.
Vermont Orleans & Lamoille Cos. Lowell & Eden Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries)	Henry Minot Collection
Virginia Rockbridge Co. Mt. Horeb kimberlite	Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
Washington Whatcom Co. Twin Sisters Mountain Twin Lakes	Cannon, B. (1975): Minerals of Washington, p.43,73
Wisconsin Kenosha Co. Kenosha Six-Pak lamprophyre diatreme (Six Pack pipe)	Rocks & Min. Vol. 73 (1998)
Wyoming Laramie Co. Iron Mountain Kimberlite District	www.wsgsweb.uwyo.edu

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