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Diopside from
Stifle claims (Stifle prospects; Stifle Memorial claim; Traverse Cr. Special Interest Area; Traverse Creek Special Interest Area), Meadow Brook, Georgetown District, East Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:Massive material and lath-like crystals to 7 mm wide; resembles vesuvianite.
Colour:White
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Prehnite
Serpentine Subgroup
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stifle claims (Stifle prospects; Stifle Memorial claim; Traverse Cr. Special Interest Area; Traverse Creek Special Interest Area), Meadow Brook, Georgetown District, East Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:309475
Long-form Identifier:1:3:309475:4
GUID (UUID V4):2741bcff-7905-418d-88e7-40cea7896bdf
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
10.8km (6.7 miles) Sutter's Mill meteorite, Sutter Mill Bar and River (Old Sutter Mill site), Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) Pillikin Mine area 1 (East Basin), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) Cosumnes Copper Mine, Fair Play, Fairplay Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
47.4km (29.5 miles) Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
96.7km (60.1 miles) Truckee Canyon, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
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