This specimen is mounted in a small, hinged, plastic box, which measures (inside) 2.5 cm in all three dimensions.
Species present: Pure-white, cottony diopside fibers (look like mordenite) with a few blackish illite balls
Location: Shellrock Mountain, Hood River County, Oregon, U.S.A.
MinDat location number: 131393
Crystal size: Fibers reach up to 4mm in length
Comments: The fibrous morph of diopside is seldom encountered.
All mineral identifications are visual unless otherwise indicated. Additional mineral species may also be present.
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