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Diopside from
Alpe delle Frasse, Laietto (Lajetto), Condove, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Grossular34
- var Hessonite26
Clinochlore12
Titanite2
Apatite1
Epidote1
Vesuvianite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alpe delle Frasse, Laietto (Lajetto), Condove, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (21 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:306304
Long-form Identifier:1:3:306304:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
2.1km (1.3 miles) Civrari Mountain, Condove, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.2km (3.2 miles) Rocca Sella dykes, Rubiana, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
6.0km (3.8 miles) Pianpomé (Pian Pumé), Lemie, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
6.8km (4.2 miles) Mount Crusat, Viù, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
8.1km (5.0 miles) Crestas Mountain, Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
8.4km (5.2 miles) Croce della Bell'Alda serpentinite outcrop, Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.6km (6.0 miles) Alpe d'Ovarda (incl. Colle del Paschiet south slope), Lemie, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
10.1km (6.3 miles) Fubina, Viù, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
11.2km (6.9 miles) Falin Lake, Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
11.3km (7.0 miles) Colle del Paschiet (Colle Paschietto), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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