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Diopside from
Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:779984
Long-form Identifier:1:3:779984:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘZhouwu deposit, Yingde City, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China
75.4km (46.9 miles) ⓘMianhuakeng U deposit (U deposit No. 305), Changjiang Uranium ore field (Uranium ore field No. 211), Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
95.7km (59.5 miles) ⓘXinzhou Au deposit, Qingxin District, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China
97.9km (60.9 miles) ⓘTangqiu Mine, Baiyunxian W-polymetallic ore field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
99.0km (61.5 miles) ⓘGuojialiao Mine, Baiyunxian W-polymetallic ore field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
99.2km (61.7 miles) ⓘDading Fe-Sn deposit, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China
99.6km (61.9 miles) ⓘChashanjiao W deposit, Baiyunxian W-polymetallic ore field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
References
Mingzheng Zhuang (1983): Geology and Prospecting 19(8), 9-16
Juyun Gu, Qiongying Wu, and Xueping Hou (1984): Geology and Prospecting 20(3), 1-8
Hongying Qu, Maohong Chen, Fuchu Yang, Zhihui Gao, Yaowu Wang, Haijie Zhao, and Zhangfa Yu (2014): Acta Petrologica Sinica 30(1), 152-162
Ye, Lin, Liu, Tiegeng, Yang, Yulong, Gao, Wei, Pan, Ziping, Bao, Tan (2014) Petrogenesis of bismuth minerals in the Dabaoshan Pb–Zn polymetallic massive sulfide deposit, northern Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 82. 1-9 doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.12.006
 
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