| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Diopside |
| Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Comments: | pseudomorphed by tremolite (originally called Canaanite) |
| Habit: | flattened short to elongated prisms
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| Colour: | white to very pale green |
| Luminescent properties: | light blue-gray under SW |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Tremolite | 4 |
| Phlogopite | 4 |
| Calcite | 2 |
| Dolomite | 2 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Redwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 55315 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:55315:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Diopside |
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| 0.6km (0.3 miles) | ⓘConklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.6km (2.9 miles) | ⓘPfizer Company Marble Quarry, Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.2km (3.3 miles) | ⓘCanaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.9km (9.9 miles) | ⓘMine Mountain, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.1km (10.0 miles) | ⓘMine Mountain graphite prospect, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.5km (16.5 miles) | ⓘColebrook Dam and Colebrook River Lake, Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.6km (16.5 miles) | ⓘMountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.8km (20.4 miles) | ⓘPegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 39.8km (24.7 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 40.6km (25.3 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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