| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Diopside |
| Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Comments: | Very large crystals present, some over 30 cm, but rather crudely crystallized and difficult to extract intact. Generally large cleavages can be obtained. |
| Habit: | crude, cleavable prisms |
| Colour: | dark green |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Westfield Soapstone Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 893662 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:893662:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1047fd46-8d69-4856-ba8d-0ca1b579c23f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Diopside |
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| 22.1km (13.8 miles) | ⓘColebrook Dam and Colebrook River Lake, Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.4km (22.6 miles) | ⓘHuckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.2km (23.1 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.1km (25.5 miles) | ⓘMountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.2km (26.2 miles) | ⓘPfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.8km (26.6 miles) | ⓘCanaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 44.1km (27.4 miles) | ⓘTorrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 46.1km (28.6 miles) | ⓘPegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 46.1km (28.7 miles) | ⓘConklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 46.4km (28.8 miles) | ⓘRedwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Westfield Soapstone Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA