Diopside with Epidote and Apatite

Antronapiana, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Miniature, 4.2 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 02/24/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/03/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Several acicular, blue-green Diopside crytstals are associated with olive oil-green colored prisms of Epidote and a single hexagonal tabular crystal of colorless/white Apatite on matrix. I have photographed the crystals under the microscope to better illustrate their quality. A good reference piece of this relatively hard to find material from the Italian Alps.

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