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Diopside from
Pulpit Road locality, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA


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Diopside

Pulpit Road locality, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
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Diopside

Pulpit Road locality, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
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Diopside

Pulpit Road locality, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Grossular
Quartz
Vesuvianite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pulpit Road locality, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:725072
Long-form Identifier:1:3:725072:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘJoppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
18.3km (11.3 miles) ⓘHooksett Crushed Stone Quarry, Hooksett, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘPJ Keating Quarry (Dracut Quarry; Condon Quarry; Essex Bituminous), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘRoute 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
42.9km (26.7 miles) ⓘOsgood Graphite Mine, Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) ⓘChelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
46.4km (28.9 miles) ⓘPJ Keating Quarry (Lunenburg Quarry), Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘOld lime quarries, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘMerry Hill, Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
52.4km (32.5 miles) ⓘParker Mountain Mine, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Cristofono, Peter (n.d.) Personal communication.
 
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