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Diopside (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
- Fargon Meeru, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
- Miniature, 4.5 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
- Start Time: 09/29/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/06/2011 6:49:02 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
These specimens came out about 10 years ago, and I have only seen two different finds of this material in that span of time. The piece features a 1.2 cm, modified rich green (possible Chromium-bearing), translucent prism of Diopside on limestone matrix. I have never seen specimens like this from any other locality in Afghanistan, or possibly worldwide for that matter.