Crystals & Minerals

Here's a beautiful cluster of glassy green diopside crystals from Otter Lake, Quebec. The specimen is made up of about six inter grown diopside crystals with some small attached biotite mica crystals. The largest diopside is 2.5cm across x 3.5cm. This is a floater specimen and all crystals are complete. The specimen is in excellent condition. The diopside crystals are prismatic habit with complex terminations.  It has a nice luster and lovely green color. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Green Diopside crystal
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 32x34x32 mm / 1.2x1.3 x 1.2 inches
Weight: 31 Grams / 1.1 oz
Origin: Famous Western Quebec Location, Otter Lake area, Canada

Here's a beautiful 5 sided Diopside crystal from the Otter Lake area, Quebec, Canada. The diopside crystals are prismatic habit with complex terminations.  It has a nice luster and lovely green color. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Green Diopside Crystal
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions:  16x13x13 mm / 0.6x0.5x0.5 inches
Weight: 6.18 Grams / 0.2 oz
Origin: Famous Western Quebec Location, Otter Lake area, Canada

This is a complete black Sphene (or Titanite) crystal in matrix of green Diopside and white Calcite from Bancroft, Ontario.  The Sphene crystal is 12 mm/0.5 inches across. This is an outstanding crystal and it is in very good condition.

Product Name: Titanite Crystal in Green Diopside matrix with Calcite
Specimen Size:  Cabinet Sized
Dimensions:   75x64x65 mm / 2.9x2.5x2.6 inches
Weight:  454 Grams / 16 Ounces
Origin: Bancroft, Ontario, Canada

Found in Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada which is famous for excellent specimens of diopside, green grossular (chrome-bearing), orange grossular and millerite.

We have for you a lustrous, striated diopside crystal partially coated with streaks of emerald-green chrome-bearing grossular crystals.  This is a very showy specimen that will display very well within your collection.

Name: Diopside with Grossular Crystal Cluster
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 129x63x37 mm / 5.1x2.5x1.5 inches
Weight:   326.8 grams / 11.5 Ounces
Origin: Mined at Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

This Diopside on matrix from East Tyrolia, Austria displays its excellent prismatic crystals which are considered  world class for this species.  Coming in light to dark green, blue, brown, colorless, snow white, grey to pale violet, it always shows quite well in any collection.

Name: Diopside (on matrix)
Specimen Size: Cabinet Sized
Dimensions: 73x63x49 mm / 2.9x2.5x1.9
Weight: 258.7 grams / 9.1 ounces
Origin: Maurer Valley, East Tyrolia, Austria