i guess not that they aren´t sintectic they are to included and foto became from a pakistani rough dealer.
mrb maybe you´re right
most chrome diopside i saw out there are more satureated or much more than that.
but the guy sell this stuff as garnet
but those are far from the real deal
i wonder about those "russian demantoids," too, pedro. they could be chrome diopside, but, as you mentioned they usually are more saturated in color, and i have noticed that some, usually over a carat, appear almost black. wonder what they are. if they are smaller stones, smaller than 1 carat, they could possibly be chrome diopside??
Nik ( arglthesheep ) bought a lot of larger crystals up to 3 ct - he let them cut in mostly round ones. So if somebody here needs a nice item ( rough and cut ) from this rare location send him a PM. He has now esp. stones around 0,20-0,25 ct and rough in this size.
I still have a clean 2,8 ct crystal but I keep this one uncut.
Some have small black chromian magnetite exactly in the center. I got a round brilliant from the rough - you see now the reflection several times in the rim of brillant - looks like a watch.
The color range is a beautiful lighter yellowgreen to light green.
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