Lavrovite
Lavrovite is a green vanadium-bearing variety of Diopside, with an admixture of vanadium 1.5% and more wt% V2O3.
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| A variety or type of: | Diopside | |||||||||||
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| Colour (General) | Blue, bluish, violet, bluish- and emerald-green., Geology of gems (2003) | |||||||||||
| Geological Environment | ||||||||||||
| Where found: | Magnesium skarns, Geology of gems (2003) | |||||||||||
| Further Information | ||||||||||||
| Mineral information: | Lavrovite information at mindat.org | |||||||||||
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