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Diopside from
Hongshila Pt-Pd deposit (Hung District), Boluonuo, Fengning County, Chengde, Hebei, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hongshila Pt-Pd deposit (Hung District), Boluonuo, Fengning County, Chengde, Hebei, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:529617
Long-form Identifier:1:3:529617:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘSandao village (Tao District), Fengning County, Chengde, Hebei, China
40.5km (25.1 miles) ⓘGaositai Cr-PGE deposit (Gao District; Gaotai village), Gaositai, Chengde County, Chengde, Hebei, China
56.4km (35.1 miles) ⓘShouwangfen Mine, Yingshouyingzikuang District, Chengde, Hebei, China
63.2km (39.2 miles) ⓘSidaowopu phlogopite occurrence, Fengning County, Chengde, Hebei, China
83.4km (51.8 miles) ⓘBanjieyu Fe deposit, Miyun District, Beijing, China
References
Yu Zuxiang, Lin Shujen, Chao Pao, Fang Chingsung, and Huang Chishun (1974) A preliminary study of some new minerals of the platinum-group and another associated new one in a platinum-bearing intrusion in a region of China. Acta Geologica Sinica: 48(2): 202-218 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Bilun Luo (1979): Geology and Prospecting 15(3), 11-15
Zuxiang Yu (1982): Bull. Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 4, 78–81
Linsu Lü, Jingwen Mao, Jun Liu, Zuoheng Zhang, and Guiqing Xie (2007): Acta Geoscientica Sinica 28(1), 148-166
 
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