Salite

Variety of
Diopside
DiopsideCaMgSi2O6

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
Sala Silver Mine
  1. Sala
  2. Sala Municipality
  3. Västmanland County
  4. Sweden

59.9078°, 16.5789°

86recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 1800d' Andrada [e Silva], [José Bonifácio] (1800) Kurze Angabe der Eigenschaften und Kennzeichen einiger neuen Fossilien aus Schweden und Norwegen : nebst einigen chemischen Bemerkungen über dieselben [A brief description of the properties and characteristics of some new fossils from Sweden and Norway : together with some chemical remarks on the same]. Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, S. 1 Vol. 4 (19). 28-39
  2. 1951Poldervaart, A., Hess, H. H. (1951) Pyroxenes in the Crystallization of Basaltic Magma. The Journal of Geology, 59 (5) 472-489 doi:10.1086/625891DOI: 10.1086/625891
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Salite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/salite-10583},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}