Diopside (Cr & V-bearing), Fluorapatite, Graphite: Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Species: Diopside (Cr & V-bearing), Fluorapatite, Graphite

Locality: Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Size: 8.5 x 5 x 3 cm.

Beautiful, unusual combination of well-crystallized chromium and vanadium-bearing emerald green colored diopside with small gem blue fluorapatite crystals on a matrix of well-crystallized graphite from the famous Merelani tanzanite mines in Tanzania! Rare! Mark Cross photo.