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MD-210867
Diopside
Kunlun Mts (Kunlun Shan), Hetian (Khotan; Hotan; Hoten) Prefecture, Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region, China
Miniature, 3.5 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
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A gemmy and lustrous, complete all-around, green diopside crystal with a sharp, etched pyramidal termination from the 2002 finds at the Kunlun Mountains of China. This fine crystal was illustrated on Page 280, Fig. 15 of Vol. 34, #3, the May-June, 2003 Mineralogical Record issue. 11 grams. A superb example from this one-time, rare find.