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hedenbergite
Its name honors the Swedish mineralogist Ludwig Hedenberg. It is close to diopsides.
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Its name honors the Swedish mineralogist Ludwig Hedenberg. It is close to diopsides.
Being difficult to melt, it was awarded the name of Greek word meaning “resistant” without really understanding why. The more it contains iron, more the color becomes dark and black. The more its iron content increases, more its density increases. The enstatite forms an isomorphous
Its name honors Eugene Dumortier, a paleontologist from Lyon (France )(1802-1873). It occurs most commonly as quartz inclusions, it is then called “blue aventurine”.
Its name comes from the Greek, “two” and “appearance” because of the double surface appearance of the prism when it is crystallized. Diopside is also “starred”, “shimmering” and the chromite variety, gemstone essentially coming from Russia, is emerald green. A deposit in Piedmont( Italy )