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Sakha (Yakutia), Sakha

Aldan / Inaglinsky chrome-diopside, Yakutia

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Emerald-green chrome diopside, chromite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Alkaline-ultramafic massif

Source of gem 'Siberian' chrome diopside

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