Diopside (Chromium-bearing Diopside), Brazil3D ModelNoAI
Diopside (Chromium-bearing Diopside), Brazil
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More model informationLocality: Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 3.5 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm
Formula: Ca(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
Description: Highly lustrous and partially gemmy, emerald-green, Cr-bearing variety of diopside crystal in a chromium diopside and quartz matrix from Araçuaí, Brazil. Diopside is one of the most common members of the pyroxene group. Often occurs in metamorphosed limestones (marbles) as generally pale greenish to greyish green crystals; and is less common in alkalic olivine basalts and andesites.
Website: http://geology.uaic.ro/muzee/mineralogie/
Concept & 3D-modelling by dr. Andrei Ionut APOPEI
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