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Diopside, Actinolite


Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6], Actinolite : ☐Ca2(Mg,Fe2+)5(Si8O22)(OH)2

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Locality: Calumet Mine (Calumet; Calumet No. 2; Hecla; Hecla No. 2; Calumet Iron Mine; Calumet-Hecla-Smithville Magnetite Deposit; Patented Placer Claims: Calumet; Hecla-Williamson; Smithville No. 2; CF&I Company Mine), Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA
A pseudomorph of Actinolite after Diopside. Nodular formation with a couple of orange unknown xtls. 6.3 cm across.

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