A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Chrome diopside and quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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| Description | Chrome diopside is a variety of diopside, CaMgSi2O6 containing small amounts of chromium. It has a vivid green color, distinguishing it from other clinopyroxenes. Chrome diopside is sometimes found in pegmatites (this sample) but is more typically found as a major constituent of mafic and ultramafic rock from the lower crust or mantle. This specimen is 11 cm across. |
| Location | Brazil ▹ Minais Gerais |
| Photographer | Twyla Baker. 2001-07-02. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | chrome diopside, diopside, quartz, Brazil |
| Tech details | 753 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 990 |
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