A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Clinopyroxene (diallage) from Sonoma County, California |
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| Description | Diallage is a name used (uncommonly) for any dark green, brown, gray or bronze pyroxene that has a metallic or brassy luster (schiller). Diallage is typically a variety of augite or diopside, and often forms as a result of weathering and alteration. This sample is about 3.5 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Sonoma |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-04-24. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #E 11.170. |
| Key words | clinoyroxene, diallage |
| Tech details | 316 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 407 |
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