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Identity HelpAny ideas what this dark green crystal is?
24th Sep 2019 04:40 UTCDerek Lowe
24th Sep 2019 05:17 UTCKevin Conroy Manager
24th Sep 2019 10:58 UTCDerek Lowe
24th Sep 2019 06:12 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager
Welcome to Mindat, Derek!
Some additional photos from different angles would be a big help here. It could very well be fluoro-richterite as Kevin mentioned.
24th Sep 2019 14:10 UTCDerek Lowe
24th Sep 2019 14:15 UTCKevin Conroy Manager
24th Sep 2019 15:51 UTCAndrew Debnam 🌟
Based only on the photos I say perhaps not Diopside. Diopside from the area typically has more rounded edges on the faces. Diopside from the area often features parting at right angles to the longer axis. This is not uncommon in Pyroxene species like Diopside. A photo of cleavage at least may help determine the Amphibole versus Pyroxene question. I will take stab at Edenite as a possible candidate. More specific locality info and other diagnostic features would help narrow the field down a bit.
If this is Amphibole more sophisticated lab tested maybe required to determine the exact species
24th Sep 2019 16:24 UTCDerek Lowe
Thanks for the info. I found this at the Grace Lake location, on Burleigh Road east of Wilberforce, if that helps narrow it down.
No matter what it turns out to be, the dark green, clear colour and the faces of the crystal make it one of the best samples I have found so far...
24th Sep 2019 16:47 UTCDonald B Peck Expert
I think your specimen would be a good candidate for determining a specific gravity. The result probably would be a little bit low from the white material around the base, but there is not a lot of it. Also, if you could determine a hardness with a very small scratch on the bottom of the piece, it would help.
Don
24th Sep 2019 17:24 UTCAndrew Debnam 🌟
25th Sep 2019 23:12 UTCMatt Courville
26th Sep 2019 01:14 UTCDerek Lowe
17th Oct 2019 00:52 UTCDerek Lowe
Well, I went to the ROM clinic and the verdict is:
A very nice, (more rare) very dark green diopside :)
17th Oct 2019 01:32 UTCDonald B Peck Expert
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