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wagirl
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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: Where is all the chrome diopside coming from?

‎01-12-2014 12:34 PM

On 1/12/2014 Sakuya said:
On 1/12/2014 ennui1 said:
On 1/11/2014 Sakuya said:
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On 1/11/2014 LucyGoose said:

Siberia

Main source is Russia. Also found in India, South Africa, Finland, USA, Burma, Madagascar and Italy.

Interesting. I always heard it was a single source stone.

It's like labradorite; originally discovered in Canada, now sourced in many places.

If you watch enough of these vendors, you'll notice that sometimes it's called Russian diopside, and sometimes just chrome diopside.

I knew it as Russian Diopside before Chrome Diopside. Now the "chrome" name seems to be what is used more often.

I believe its the chromium in it that makes it green, hence chrome diopside. And its only mined in Russia.

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