Hotsell Earrings Chrome Diopside Brilliant Green almost 3 ct Trillion posts studs ethical -ethical- sterling silver -Learning, Awareness, Creativity

These earrings are beautiful Brazilian chrome diopside trillions. The total weight of the stones is about 2.5 to 3 ct. (This pair is sold but the stones are all pretty close to the same weight.) They are hand cut and just lovely! They are about 7mm to 7.5mm.
This is more the color of tsavorite than the darker green of diopside. Just beautiful!

These are conflict free and guilt free sparklies!

The setting is a standard prong setting.

All of the metal is .925 sterling silver or some .999 fine silver and is reclaimed/recycled.
All of our stones are Fair Trade certified and ethically cut as well.

The term diopside comes from the Greek words "di" and "opsis," which mean "two" and "vision." It's no surprise then that this stone was viewed as one of visualization and was sometimes placed on the forehead to help encourage good dreams by ancient peoples. Other cultures believed green diopside had come from the tree of life. Many people buried their dead with the gemstone to ensure renewal of their life.

Chrome diopside has long been used to boost creative vision and awareness. This green gemstone is also thought to be able to improve intellect and encourages the desire of one to learn. According to metaphysical beliefs, chrome diopside is used to help alleviate aggression or stubbornness while in turn enhancing love and commitment. Green diopside is said to be connected to the heart chakra.

Those who use gemstones for healing have been known to use chrome diopside in the treatment of headaches, to regulate blood pressure, to encourage recovery after illness and to help those who suffer from addiction. Chrome diopside is not a traditional birthstone, but it is associated with the zodiac sign of Pisces as well as Gemini and Virgo.

Diopside is an empowering stone that helps to stimulate learning and understanding, to help one become better connected to the earth, and to bring love to oneself as well as other. Said to hold all the mysteries of the Universe many find that the green Chrome Diopside as a direct connection with Gia or Mother Earth as well as encouraging learning on many levels, specifically when entering educational situations, making a career change that requires learning new skills or in learning a new language; as it is said to assist in assimilating and retaining new information.

Chrome diopside gemstones have been around a long time, but were only officially discovered in 1988. Originally, chrome diopside was sourced from Russia's Eastern Siberia, but deposits have been found elsewhere in the world. Pakistan is now considered a significant supplier for gem-quality chromium diopside. Other locations of chrome diopside rough include Australia, Russia, Canada, Madagascar, Brazil and South Africa. Chrome diopside has been growing in popularity for jewelry due to its affordability and striking resemblance to more expensive gems such as emerald and tsavorite garnet.

Diopside is a monoclinic pyroxene mineral that occurs naturally in a variety of colors such as green, yellow and brown. Green is the most commonly found diopside color, which gets its beautiful hue from traces of the element chromium; hence the name chrome diopside. This chromium-rich diopside is transparent to translucent in appearance with a good chance of high visual clarity. The most valuable chromium diopside gems have a deep forest green similar to tsavorite garnet.

Diopside is a monoclinic pyroxene mineral with composition MgCaSi2O6.
It forms complete solid solution series with hedenbergite (FeCaSi2O6) and augite, and partial solid solutions with orthopyroxene and pigeonite. It forms variably colored, but typically dull green crystals in the monoclinic prismatic class. It has two distinct prismatic cleavages at 87 and 93° typical of the pyroxene series. It has a Mohs hardness of six, a Vickers hardness of 7.7 GPa at a load of 0.98 N,[4] and a specific gravity of 3.25 to 3.55. It is transparent to translucent with indices of refraction of nα=1.663–1.699, nβ=1.671–1.705, and nγ=1.693–1.728. The optic angle is 58° to 63°.
Mineral InformationCalcium magnesium silicate
Chemical CompositionCaMgSi2O6
ColorGreen, yellow, colorless, brown, black
Hardness6 (Mohs)
Specific Gravity3.22 - 3.38
Refractive Index1.664 - 1.730

Source:
* Mindat page for Diopside
* Handbook of Mineralogy
* M M Smedskjaer; M Jensen; Y-Z Yue (2008). "Theoretical calculation and measurement of the hardness of diopside". Journal of the American * Ceramic Society. 91 (2): 514–518. doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.02166.x.
* A L Boettcher (1967). "The Rainy Creek alkaline-ultramafic igneous complex near Libby, Montana. I: Ultramafic rocks and fenite". Journal of Geology. 75: 536–553. doi:10.1086/627280.
Eugenio Barrese; Elena Belluso; Francesco Abbona (1 February 1997). "On the transformation of synthetic diopside into chrysotile". European Journal of Mineralogy. 9 (1): 83–87. doi:10.1127/ejm/9/1/0083.
* Hausel, W. Dan (2006). Geology and Geochemistry of the Leucite Hills hotsell Lamproitic field, Rocks Springs Uplift, Wyoming. laramie, Wyoming: Wyoming geological survey.
* CrystalVaults.com
* carletonvarney.com
To learn more about chrome diopside and other gemstones, see Walter Schumann's revised and expanded edition of Gemstones of the World.

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