“Very sharp crystal with neat faces and edges, translucent, and with a very deep and uniform green color. Surely one of the first (near 1980) Afghan diopsides to arrive in Europe.Nuristan, Afghanistan.Found in ±1980Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.4”With handwritten note from the Folch Collection”

“Very sharp crystal with neat faces and edges, translucent, and with a very deep and uniform green color. Surely one of the first (near 1980) Afghan diopsides to arrive in Europe.Nuristan, Afghanistan.Found in ±1980Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.4”With handwritten note from the Folch Collection”