Diopside, Mica Group, Calcite

Specimen ID: 46Q-AWK

Mineral(s)
Diopside : CaMgSi2O6
Calcite : CaCO3
Locality
As recorded:
McFall Lake occurrence, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
8cm x 5.5cm x 5cm
Certificates
Events

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Diopside crystals with largest being a doubly terminated 2.5cm x 1.5cm crystal partially exposed in calcite. Collected in 1998 Sold by "Fledgling Minerals (anonymous label) at the Executive Inn, Tucson for $85 with a 75% discount (net $21.25" . Quoted from the label. It had an incorrect locality: "Oxford Mine Brompton Lake, Quebec, Canada" Both DK Joyce and Michael Bainbridge ID'ed it to Birds Creek. I acquired it from Rock Courier's room at the Tucson Show in 2014 JR Montgomery Collection cat.#166
John R. Montgomery - 7th March 2014

Photo added to mindat.org

Diopside crystals with largest being a doubly terminated 2.5cm x 1.5cm crystal partially exposed in calcite. Collected in 1998 Sold by "Fledgling Minerals (anonymous label) at the Executive Inn, Tucson for $85 with a 75% discount (net $21.25" . Quoted from the label. It had an incorrect locality: "Oxford Mine Brompton Lake, Quebec, Canada" Both DK Joyce and Michael Bainbridge ID'ed it to Birds Creek. I acquired it from Rock Courier's room at the Tucson Show in 2014 JR Montgomery Collection cat.#166
John R. Montgomery - 7th March 2014

Photo added to mindat.org

Diopside crystals with largest being a doubly terminated 2.5cm x 1.5cm crystal partially exposed in calcite. Collected in 1998 Sold by "Fledgling Minerals (anonymous label) at the Executive Inn, Tucson for $85 with a 75% discount (net $21.25" . Quoted from the label. It had an incorrect locality: "Oxford Mine Brompton Lake, Quebec, Canada" Both DK Joyce and Michael Bainbridge ID'ed it to Birds Creek. I acquired it from Rock Courier's room at the Tucson Show in 2014 JR Montgomery Collection cat.#166
John R. Montgomery - 7th March 2014

Photo added to mindat.org

Diopside crystals with largest being a doubly terminated 2.5cm x 1.5cm crystal partially exposed in calcite. Collected in 1998 Sold by "Fledgling Minerals (anonymous label) at the Executive Inn, Tucson for $85 with a 75% discount (net $21.25" . Quoted from the label. It had an incorrect locality: "Oxford Mine Brompton Lake, Quebec, Canada" Both DK Joyce and Michael Bainbridge ID'ed it to Birds Creek. I acquired it from Rock Courier's room at the Tucson Show in 2014 JR Montgomery Collection cat.#166
John R. Montgomery - 7th March 2014

Photo added to mindat.org

Diopside crystals with largest being a doubly terminated 2.5cm x 1.5cm crystal partially exposed in calcite. Collected in 1998 Sold by "Fledgling Minerals (anonymous label) at the Executive Inn, Tucson for $85 with a 75% discount (net $21.25" . Quoted from the label. It had an incorrect locality: "Oxford Mine Brompton Lake, Quebec, Canada" Both DK Joyce and Michael Bainbridge ID'ed it to Birds Creek. I acquired it from Rock Courier's room at the Tucson Show in 2014 JR Montgomery Collection cat.#166
John R. Montgomery - 26th December 2023
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