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Diopside from
Cornet Hill, Cerboia Valley, Vaţa de Jos, Hunedoara County, Romania


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cornet Hill, Cerboia Valley, Vaţa de Jos, Hunedoara County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:389204
Long-form Identifier:1:3:389204:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘUpper Cerboaia Valley, Cerboia Valley, Vaţa de Jos, Hunedoara County, Romania
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘArieșul Mic Valley Zone, Avram Iancu mine, Băiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘAvram Iancu mine, Băiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
40.6km (25.2 miles) ⓘBăiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
41.9km (26.1 miles) ⓘBlidar deposit, Băiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
42.7km (26.5 miles) ⓘAntoniu ore pipe, Băiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
55.7km (34.6 miles) ⓘAleului Valley, Pietroasa, Bihor County, Romania
84.0km (52.2 miles) ⓘCacova Ierii, Iara, Cluj County, Romania
86.5km (53.7 miles) ⓘIara Mine, Iara, Cluj County, Romania
92.3km (57.4 miles) ⓘDelineşti deposit, Brebu, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
References
Marincea, Ş
Marincea, Ş., Bilal, E., Verkaeren, J., Pascal, M.-L., Fonteilles, M. (2001) Superposed paragenesis in spurrite-, tilleyite- and gehlenite-bearing skarns from Cornet Hill, Apuseni Mountains, Romania. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (5). 1435-1453 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.5.1435
Pascal, M.-L., Fonteilles, M., Verkaeren, J., Piret, R., Marincea, Ş. (2001) The melilite-bearing high-temperature skarns of the Apuseni Mountains, Carpathians, Romania. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (5). 1405-1434 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.5.1405
 
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