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LP351 - Tsavorite, Diopside on Titanite $ 450 (=~ AUS$ 686) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm This is a really neat and aesthetic combination specimen from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. A large, chocolate brown twinned Titanite with attached green Tsavorite and white Diopside crystals on one side. Titanite crystals are fairly uncommon at Merelani.
LP352 - Diopside on Tanzanite $ 450 (=~ AUS$ 686) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 1.7 cm Two terminated green Diopside crystals spearing through a partial Tanzanite crystal. This is a colorful and unusual specimen unlike any I can recall seeing before. The Tanzanite is thick too, with good sized transparent areas that give this piece cutting rough value. It weighs 24.58 grams (122 carats).
LP686 - Diopside $ 80 (=~ AUS$ 122) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm Chunky single Diopside crystal from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. This is a lustrous, doubly-terminated crystal with medium green color and areas of transparency.
LP704 - Diopside $ 40 (=~ AUS$ 61) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.4 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm Single Diopside crystal from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. A small well terminated crystal with good green color and areas of transparency.
LP688 - Diopside $ 90 (=~ AUS$ 137) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm Single Diopside crystal from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. A complete well terminated crystal (that is partially double terminated) with good green color and areas of transparency. Nice steep termination.
AU587 - Diopside on Graphite $ 350 (=~ AUS$ 534) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm Three thick green Diopside crystals on crystallized Graphite from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. All 3 crystals are well terminated and the larger two crystals point in opposite directions.
AU848 - Diopside $ 120 (=~ AUS$ 183) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm Glassy green Diopside crystal from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Complete all around with excellent color.
LP673 - Apatite on Diopside $ 90 (=~ AUS$ 137) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm Glassy green Diopside crystal with a small attached blue Apatite from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Well terminated with good color.
LP759 - Diopside (etched) $ 180 (=~ AUS$ 274) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm Glassy green Diopside crystal with natural etched surface growth from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Complete all around and internally transparent.
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