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Diopside (chrome-rich) with Uvarovite Garnet with Chromite cores from Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan

 
Diopside (chrome-rich) with Uvarovite Garnet with Chromite cores from Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan

Diopside (chrome-rich) with Uvarovite Garnet with Chromite cores from Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan

DESCRIPTION:No. 74954
Mineral:Diopside (chrome-rich) with Uvarovite Garnet with Chromite cores
Locality:Fengtien Mine, Conc. S., 5 kilometers west of Fengtien village, Hualien, Taiwan
Description:Lustrous pale green diopside crystals to 1.2 mm with vivid-green uvarovite garnet crystals to 0.2 mm. Some uvarovite garnets are incomplete revealing dark black-metallic cores of chromite. See Mineralogical Magazine, March 1984, Vol. 48, pp. 31-37. Ex. Roger Wai-Son Doo collection ca. 1979 (see Mineralogical Record v.10 #1, p. 41-42)
Overall Size:11x7x7 mm
Crystals:0.1-1.2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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