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Chromian diopside — specimen 0053, photo © NMNHS
Chromian diopside — specimen 0053, photo © NMNHS

Chromian diopside — specimen 0053

Origin

North Asia
Russia, Far Eastern District, Sakha Republic
Chromian diopside — specimen 0053, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.75 ct; size: 7.18 | 5.13 | 2.88 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium dark green; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; mixed style cut.

More information from ‘Classification’

Chromian diopside

A green, Cr-bearing variety of diopside.


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