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Diopside from
Twin Lakes Limestone deposit, Kaiser Wilderness area, Fresno County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:Crystals in limestone.
Colour:Pink, white, dull gray
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Twin Lakes Limestone deposit, Kaiser Wilderness area, Fresno County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:687199
Long-form Identifier:1:3:687199:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Skarn occurrence [1], Kaiser Wilderness area, Fresno County, California, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘScheelore Mine (Scheelore Tungsten deposit; Van Loon Scheelore 8 claims), Mount Baldwin, Mono County, California, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘRush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘLaurel Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘRidge prospect, Cats Head Mountain, Fresno County, California, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘMolly Tungstite claims (Blue Grouse Mine), Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘPine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘPappas prospect (Horseshoe No. 1), Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
References
Chesterman, C.W. (1942), Contact metamorphic rocks of the Twin Lakes region, Fresno County, California: California Division Mines Report 38: 254
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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