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Chromium-bearing Diopside from
Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside var: Chromium-bearing Diopside
Formula:Ca(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
Comments:Inclusions in kimberlite olivine.
K-bearing chrom-diopside.
Large kosmochlor content
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromium-bearing Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:303262
Long-form Identifier:1:3:303262:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
M. Kamenetsky et al. , Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 2003.
Gubanov, N.
Zedgenizov, D.
Sharygin, I.
Gubanov, Nikolai, Zedgenizov, Dmitry, Sharygin, Igor, Ragozin, Alexey (2019) Origin and Evolution of High-Mg Carbonatitic and Low-Mg Carbonatitic to Silicic High-Density Fluids in Coated Diamonds from Udachnaya Kimberlite Pipe. Minerals, 9 (12) 734 doi:10.3390/min9120734
 
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